OJGOpen Journal of Geology2161-7570Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/ojg.2019.910036OJG-95195ArticlesEarth&Environmental Sciences Preface Cretaceous Earth Dynamics and Climate in Asia GangLi1*KeminXu2ZhenguoNing2PetrSchnabl3XinLi1ZhigangZhang2JieQin2YongboHuang2JingGuo2Institute of Geology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech RepublicInstitute of Geology, Shandong Institute of Geological Survey, Jinan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, China20092019091053954230, August 201917, September 2019 20, September 2019© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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PrefaceAcknowledgements

We are sincerely grateful for the critical reviews of all referees who helped to improve the manuscripts included in the present volume. The study was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB26000000) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41572006, 41688103, 41972007). This is a contribution to UNESCO-IUGS IGCP Project 679.

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