Eocene prevalence of monsoon-like climate over eastern China reflected by hydrological dynamics

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 776-787

  Wang, Dehai ^a   Lu, Shicong ^a   Han, Shuang ^a   Sun, Xiaoyan ^b   Quan, Cheng ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern China; Eocene; Hydroclimate distribution; Hydrological dynamics; Monsoon like climate

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ARIDITY; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; EVAPORITE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGY; LAKE LEVEL; LITHOLOGY; MAMMAL; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

CHINA;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872775990     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.11.032     Document Type: Article

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