Palaeoclimatic estimates for the Late Pliocene based on leaf physiognomy from Western Yunnan, China;Yaprak fizyonomisine dayalı geç pliyosen paleoiklimsel tahminleri, batı yunnan, Çin

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-261

  Xie, Sanping ^a,b   Sun, Bainian ^a   Wu, Jingyu ^a,b   Lin, Zhicheng ^a   Yan, Defei ^a   Xiao, Liang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hengduan mountains; Leaf physiognomy; Monsoon; Palaeoclimate; Pliocene; Western yunnan

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; FLORA; LEAF; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; TENGCHONG; YUNNAN;

EID: 84863062511     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1003-23     Document Type: Article

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