Strengthening of the East Asian summer monsoon revealed by a shift in seasonal patterns in diet and climate after 2-3Ma in northwest China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-25

  Biasatti, Dana ^a,b,d   Wang, Yang ^a,b   Deng, Tao ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Cenozoic mammals; Isotopes; Paleoclimate; Paleodiet; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DIET; HERBIVORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

CHINA; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN;

BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 77956871566     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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