About the Authors

Houyuan Lu

houyuanlu@mail.iggcas.ac.cn

Affiliation Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jianping Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Naiqin Wu

Affiliation Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Kam-biu Liu

Affiliation Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Deke Xu

Affiliation Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Quan Li

Affiliation Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL. Performed the experiments: HL JZ DX QL. Analyzed the data: HL JZ NW KbL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL NW. Wrote the paper: HL NW KbL.