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 subtropical climate with a mean annual temperature of ca. 16–17°C and a mean annual precipitation of ca. 1500–1600 mm in the Late Pliocene rather than a dry, hot climate today, which may be due to the local tectonic change and gradual intensification of India monsoon. The comparison of Late Pliocene climate in Eryuan, Yangyi, Longling, and Yuanmou Basin of Yunnan Province suggests that the mean annual temperatures generally show a latitudinal gradient and fit well with their geographic position, while the mean annual precipitations seem to be related to the different geometries of the valleys under the same monsoon system.

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Author:Yi-Feng Yao, Angela A. BruchORCiDGND, Ye-Ming Cheng, Volker MosbruggerORCiDGND, Yu-Fei Wang, Cheng-Sen Li
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-249922
DOI:https://doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037760
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22629452
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/05/22
Date of first Publication:2012/05/22
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/06/01
Volume:7
Issue:(5):e37760
Page Number:8
HeBIS-PPN:357336070
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften
Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 56 Fossilien, Paläontologie / 560 Paläontologie; Paläozoologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0