C4 expansion of Central Asia in the middle Miocene linked to the strengthening Indian monsoon
Jian Wang, Xinying Zhou, Shiqi Wang, Hai Xu, Hermann Behling, Jie Ye, Yan Zheng, Junchi Liu, Yan Wu, Keliang Zhao, Ran Zhang, Xiaoqiang Li
Topics & Concepts
MonsoonPrecipitationEast Asian MonsoonContext (archaeology)Vegetation (pathology)PaleoclimatologyMonsoon of South AsiaClimatologyGeologyStructural basinLatitudeClimate changeHolocene climatic optimumPhysical geographyPaleontologyGeographyOceanographyMeteorologyPathologyMedicineGeodesyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPlant Diversity and EvolutionGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies