Triassic and Jurassic palaeoclimate development in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China - A review and additional lithological data

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-201

  Ashraf, A Rahman ^a   Sun, Yuewu ^b   Sun, Ge ^b,c   Uhl, Dieter ^a,d   Mosbrugger, Volker ^d   Li, Jie ^e   Herrmann, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e BGMRED of Xinjiang   (China)

Author keywords

Coal; Junggar Basin; Jurassic; Palaeoclimate; Palynology; Plant macrofossils; Sedimentology; Triassic

Indexed keywords

COAL; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; JURASSIC; LATITUDE; LITERATURE REVIEW; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 78149406671     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-010-0034-0     Document Type: Review

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