1. Institute of Global Environmental Change; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an China
2. Department of Earth Sciences; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Minneapolis Minnesota USA
3. Department of Earth Sciences; California State University, Dominguez Hills; Carson California USA
4. Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Scientific collaborator at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Brussels Belgium
5. IFP Energies Nouvelles; Rueil-Malmaison France
6. Spéléo-Club du Liban; Antelias Lebanon
7. School of Geological Sciences and Mineral Resources; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou China
8. Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, MLR and Guangxi; Guilin China
9. Sanya Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering; CAS; Sanya China
10. Collaborative Innovation Centre for Arid Environments and Climate Change; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou China