Paleoclimatic estimation reveals a weak winter monsoon in southwestern China during the late Miocene: Evidence from plant macrofossils

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 358-360, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-26

  Xing, Yaowu ^a,c   Utescher, Torsten ^d   Jacques, Frédéric M B ^a   Su, Tao ^a   Liu, Y ^e   Huang, Yongjiang ^b,f   Zhou, Zhekun ^a,b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Late Miocene; Monsoon intensity index; Paleoclimate; Precipitation seasonality; Southwestern China

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF; MIOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84865987317     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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