کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4463849 1621699 2011 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Extended drought in the interior of Central Asia since the Pliocene reconstructed from sporopollen records
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات فرآیندهای سطح زمین
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Extended drought in the interior of Central Asia since the Pliocene reconstructed from sporopollen records
چکیده انگلیسی

A sporopollen record recovered from 5.3–1.83 Ma sediments was obtained from the lacustrine Yahu section in the central Qaidam Basin of inner Asia. The results provide evidence for vertical zonation of vegetation on the mountains surrounding the basin during the Pliocene and development of forests on the mountains and grasslands around the lake basin. At 3.6 Ma, herbaceous plants (especially xerophytic plants such as Artemisia, Chenopodiaceae and Ephedra) increased for a short time within the basin. Xerophytic plants increased continually after 2.6 Ma in the basin, which exhibited steppe vegetation, and the climate became drier than before. These vegetation changes in the region of the Yahu section suggest a process of stepwise aridification in Central Asia's interior since the Pliocene, and it may be related to global cooling and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Global and Planetary Change - Volume 76, Issues 1–2, March 2011, Pages 16–21
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