Origin and development of Artemisia (Asteraceae) in Asia and its implications for the uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau: A review

Quaternary International

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Yunfa, Miao ^a,b   Qingquan, Meng ^c   Xiaomin, Fang ^b,c   Xiaoli, Yan ^c   Fuli, Wu ^b   Chunhui, Song ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT; PLATEAU; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 79953727846     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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