An early-middle Eocene Antarctic summer monsoon: Evidence of 'fossil climates'

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1422-1428

  Jacques, Frédéric M B ^a,b   Shi, Gongle ^a   Li, Haomin ^a   Wang, Weiming ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Eocene; Leaf physiognomy; Monsoon; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MONSOON; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOCLIMATE; POLAR REGION; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84896390766     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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