Earth-Science Reviews

Ulambadrakh Khukhuudei ^a,b, Timothy Kusky ^b,c,*, Brian F. Windley ^d,

Orolzodmaa Otgonbayar ^a, Lu Wang ^b, Jungsheng Nie ^e, Wenjiao Xiao ^f, Lei Zhang ^g,

Xiaodong Song ^g

a Research Center of Geology and Mineral Resources, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14000, Mongolia

b Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences and State Key Laboratory for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences,

Wuhan 430074, China

c Badong National Observatory and Research Station for Geohazards, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

d School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

e Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou

730000, China

f Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

g SinoProbe Laboratory, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China