The evolution of Miocene climates in North China: Preliminary results of quantitative reconstructions from plant fossil records

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 308-317

  Liu, Yu Sheng ^a   Utescher, Torsten ^b   Zhou, Zhekun ^c,d   Sun, Bainian ^e  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^e LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Fossil plants; Miocene; North China; Quantitative paleoclimate reconstructions

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION;

CHINA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955466668     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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