Sample location

Sample number

loess-paleosol formation units

Weinan

WN05-I-A-32

Paleosol of Holocene Optimal, S0, i.e. Marine isotopic stage-1(MIS-1)

WN05-I-A-103

Loess of the last glacial maximum (LGM), L1-1, i.e. Marine isotopic stage-2 (MIS-2)

WN05-II-A-8

Weakly-developed paleosol of the last glacial period, L1-2, i.e. Marine isotopic stage-3 (MIS-3)

WN05-III-A-24

Loess of the last glacial period, L1-5, i.e. Marine isotopic stage-4 (MIS-4)

WN05-IV-A-6

Paleosol of the last interglacial period, S1, i.e. Marine isotopic stage-5 (MIS-5)