Late Miocene vegetation and climate of the Lühe region in Yunnan, southwestern China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-59

  Xu, Jing Xian ^a,b   Ferguson, David K ^c   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,b   Wang, Yu Fei ^b  

^a BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

climate; Late Miocene; L he; palynology; vegetation; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; GYMNOSPERM; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; CHUXIONG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LUHE; YUNNAN;

ALNUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYLUS AMERICANA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 36549025068     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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