Agricultural expansion since the Qin-Han dynasties intensified dust activity in inland China

Description

This dataset includes chronological and grain size data from five loess-paleosol sequences in the Hexi Corridor and the western Chinese Loess Plateau, along with dust activity days, cultivated area, precipitation, and sand-driving wind days recorded at five national meteorological stations. Additionally, grain size distributions of samples from the five loess-paleosol sequences are also provided. Overall, this dataset provides a basis for understanding the natural and anthropogenic drivers of Holocene dust activity in inland China.

Institutions

• Lanzhou City University

  Gansu, Lanzhou
• Lanzhou University

  Gansu, Lanzhou

Categories

Funders

• National Natural Science Foundation of China

  China

  Grant ID: 42261031, 42501182
• Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP)

  Grant ID: 2019QZKK0602

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