Reconstructing Neogene vegetation and climates to infer tectonic uplift in western Yunnan, China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 328-336

  Sun, Bai Nian ^a,b   Wu, Jing Yu ^a,b   Liu, Yu Sheng Christopher ^c   Ding, Su Ting ^a   Li, Xiang Chuan ^a   Xie, San Ping ^a   Yan, De Fei ^a   Lin, Zhi Cheng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence Approach; Fossil plants; Neogene; Paleoclimate; Paleovegetation; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COEXISTENCE; DATA SET; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOSSIL RECORD; NEOGENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; UPLIFT; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN;

EID: 79955464168     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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