Post-Pliocene establishment of the present monsoonal climate in SW China: evidence from the late Pliocene Longmen megaflora

The paleoclimate of the late Pliocene Longmen flora from Yongping County located at the southeastern boundary of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was reconstructed using two leaf-physiognomy-based methods, i.e., leaf margin analysis (LMA) and Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program (CLAMP), to understan...

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Main Authors: T. Su, F. M. B. Jacques, R. A. Spicer, Y.-S. Liu, Y.-J. Huang, Y.-W. Xing, Z.-K. Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-08-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/9/1911/2013/cp-9-1911-2013.pdf