Neogene floras and palaeoclimatic estimates from various sites of South-West China
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| author | Sun, Bai-Nian Wu, Jing-Yu Liu, Yu-Sheng Christopher Ding, Su-Ting Li, Xiang-Chuan Xie, San-Ping Yan, De-Fei Lin, Zhi-Cheng |
| author_facet | Sun, Bai-Nian Wu, Jing-Yu Liu, Yu-Sheng Christopher Ding, Su-Ting Li, Xiang-Chuan Xie, San-Ping Yan, De-Fei Lin, Zhi-Cheng |
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| contents | Neogene climates and vegetation history of western Yunnan are reconstructed on the basis of known fossil plants using the Coexistence Approach (CA) and Leaf Margin Analysis (LMA). Four Neogene leaf floras from Tengchong, Jianchuan and Eryuan in southwestern China are analyzed by the CA, and the paleoclimatic data of one Miocene carpoflora from Longling and three Pliocene palynofloras from Longling, Yangyi and Eryuan are used for comparison. The Miocene vegetation of the whole of West Yunnan is subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, and a similar mean annual precipitation is inferred for Tengchong, Longling and Jianchuan. However, by the Late Pliocene a large difference in vegetation occurred between the two slopes of Gaoligong Mountain, western Yunnan. The region of Tengchong retained a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest vegetation, whereas in Yangyi and Eryuan a vertical vegetation zonation had developed, which consists, in ascending order, of humid evergreen broad-leaved, needle and broad-leaved mixed evergreen, and coniferous forests. Distinctively, the Late Pliocene vegetational patterns of West Yunnan were already very similar to those of the present, and the Pliocene mean annual precipitation in Tengchong was markedly higher than that of Yangyi and Eryuan. Considering that the overall vegetation of West Yunnan and the precipitation at Yangyi and Eryuan have undergone no distinct change since the Late Pliocene, we conclude that the Hengduan Mountains on the northern boundary of West Yunnan must have arisen after the Miocene and approached their highest elevation before the Late Pliocene. Furthermore, the fact of the eastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau underwent a slight uplift after the Late Pliocene is also supported. |
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| spellingShingle | Neogene floras and palaeoclimatic estimates from various sites of South-West China Sun, Bai-Nian Wu, Jing-Yu Liu, Yu-Sheng Christopher Ding, Su-Ting Li, Xiang-Chuan Xie, San-Ping Yan, De-Fei Lin, Zhi-Cheng Baoshan_Yangyi_Mine; China; Eryuan; Jianchuan; Longling_Daba_Mine; Mangdan; Mangdan_Coal_Mine; NECLIME; NECLIME_campaign; Neogene Climate Evolution in Eurasia; Paleontological sampling; PALSAMP; QU; Quarry; Tengchong; Yunnan, China Neogene climates and vegetation history of western Yunnan are reconstructed on the basis of known fossil plants using the Coexistence Approach (CA) and Leaf Margin Analysis (LMA). Four Neogene leaf floras from Tengchong, Jianchuan and Eryuan in southwestern China are analyzed by the CA, and the paleoclimatic data of one Miocene carpoflora from Longling and three Pliocene palynofloras from Longling, Yangyi and Eryuan are used for comparison. The Miocene vegetation of the whole of West Yunnan is subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, and a similar mean annual precipitation is inferred for Tengchong, Longling and Jianchuan. However, by the Late Pliocene a large difference in vegetation occurred between the two slopes of Gaoligong Mountain, western Yunnan. The region of Tengchong retained a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest vegetation, whereas in Yangyi and Eryuan a vertical vegetation zonation had developed, which consists, in ascending order, of humid evergreen broad-leaved, needle and broad-leaved mixed evergreen, and coniferous forests. Distinctively, the Late Pliocene vegetational patterns of West Yunnan were already very similar to those of the present, and the Pliocene mean annual precipitation in Tengchong was markedly higher than that of Yangyi and Eryuan. Considering that the overall vegetation of West Yunnan and the precipitation at Yangyi and Eryuan have undergone no distinct change since the Late Pliocene, we conclude that the Hengduan Mountains on the northern boundary of West Yunnan must have arisen after the Miocene and approached their highest elevation before the Late Pliocene. Furthermore, the fact of the eastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau underwent a slight uplift after the Late Pliocene is also supported. |
| title | Neogene floras and palaeoclimatic estimates from various sites of South-West China |
| topic | Baoshan_Yangyi_Mine; China; Eryuan; Jianchuan; Longling_Daba_Mine; Mangdan; Mangdan_Coal_Mine; NECLIME; NECLIME_campaign; Neogene Climate Evolution in Eurasia; Paleontological sampling; PALSAMP; QU; Quarry; Tengchong; Yunnan, China |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762812 |