Paleogene temperature gradient, seasonal variation and climate evolution of northeast China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 313-314, Issue , 2012, Pages 150-161

  Quan, Cheng ^a,b,c   Liu, Yu Sheng Christopher ^c   Utescher, Torsten ^d,e  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic seasonality; Eocene cooling; Northeast China; Paleogene climate evolution; Quantitative reconstruction; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MAGNITUDE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CHINA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84855829079     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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