Pliocene land snail record from western Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for impacts of the summer insolation gradient between middle and low latitudes on the East Asian summer monsoon

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Li, Fengjiang ^a   Wu, Naiqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Insolation gradient; Loess palaeosol sequence; Pliocene; Terrestrial mollusk

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; LAND SNAILS; LOESS-PALAEOSOL SEQUENCE; LOW LATITUDES; MAXIMUM VALUES; MIOCENE; MONSOON SYSTEM; PALAEOGENE; PEAK VALUES; PLIOCENE; SUMMER MONSOON; TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSK; WESTERN CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LOESS; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOSOL; PLIOCENE; SNAIL;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PUNCTUM (GASTROPOD); STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 79952314651     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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