Miocene pollen record of KC-1 core in the Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau and implications for evolution of the East Asian monsoon

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 30-38

  Miao, Yunfa ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^b,c   Herrmann, Mark ^d   Wu, Fuli ^b   Zhang, Yuezhong ^e   Liu, Dongliang ^f  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Miocene; Pollen; Qaidam Basin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MIOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOPHILY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 78650601625     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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