Early to Middle Jurassic vegetation and climatic events in the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 200-216

  Wang, Yongdong ^a,b   Mosbrugger, Volker ^b   Zhang, Hong ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CHINA COAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate; Early to Middle Jurassic; Palynofloras; The Qaidam Basin; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; WORLD;

ARIDA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CLASSOPOLLIS; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 23044453807     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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