1. Institute of Global Environment Change Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an China
2. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xi'an China
3. China‐Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences CAS‐HEC Islamabad Pakistan
4. School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an China
5. Department of Earth Science California State University Carson California USA
6. Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
7. Department of Botany University of Karachi Karachi Pakistan
8. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USA