Monsoon versus uplift in southwestern China--Late Pliocene climate in Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan.

Yuanmou Basin of Yunnan, SW China, is a famous locality with hominids, hominoids, mammals and plant fossils. Based on the published megaflora and palynoflora data from Yuanmou Basin, the climate of Late Pliocene is reconstructed using the Coexistence Approach. The results indicate a warm and humid s...

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Main Authors: Yi-Feng Yao, Angela A Bruch, Ye-Ming Cheng, Volker Mosbrugger, Yu-Fei Wang, Cheng-Sen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3358285?pdf=render