Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank three anonymous reviewers for
their constructive and valuable review of the manuscript.
This research was partially supported by “the Fundamen-
tal Research for the Central Universities” (ZYGX2013Z006)
of China. The project was also supported by Grant Number
G14AP00002 from the Department of the Interior, US Geologi-
cal Survey to AmericaView (AV) and North Carolina View
(NCView). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the
authors. The views and conclusions contained in this docu-
ment are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as
representing the opinions or policies of the US Government.
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