Early Miocene vegetation and climate in Weichang District, North China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 47-63

  Li, Jin Feng ^a,c   Ferguson, David K ^b   Yang, Jian ^a   Feng, Guang Ping ^d   Ablaev, Albert G ^e   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Beijing Academy of Science and Technology   (China)

^e IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Early Miocene; North China; Palaeoclimate; Palaeovegetation; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERN; GYMNOSPERM; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI;

ALNUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA; TSUGA;

EID: 68749090776     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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