About the Authors

Jie Wei

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jimin Cheng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Weijun Li

Affiliation Administrative Office of Yunwu Mountain, Guyuan, Ningxia, China

Weiguo Liu

liuwg@loess.llqg.ac.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WGL JW. Performed the experiments: WGL JW JMC WJL. Analyzed the data: WGL JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WGL JW. Wrote the paper: JW WGL.