Late Neogene environmental changes in the central Himalaya related to tectonic uplift and orbital forcing

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-76

  Wang, Yang ^a   Deng, Tao ^b   Flynn, Lawrence ^c   Wang, Xiaoming ^d   Yin, An ^e   Xu, Yingfeng ^a   Parker, William ^a   Lochner, Eric ^f   Zhang, Chunfu ^a   Biasatti, Dana ^a,g  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MARTECH   (United States)

^g Two Medicine Dino Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Mammalian fossils; Neogene environmental change; Paleo lake basin; Stable isotopes; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; NEOGENE; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUST ZONE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855343532     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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