The Asian monsoon is comprised of the Indian and East Asian subsystems. These two components are linked to one another in varying degrees by regions of strong sensible …
This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form. It explains the …
The biodiversity of the Himalaya, Hengduan Mountains and Tibet, here collectively termed the Tibetan Region, is exceptional in a global context. To contextualize and understand the …
WR Dickinson, GE Gehrels - Sedimentary Geology, 2003 - Elsevier
Detrital zircon grains (n= 468) from eolian sandstones of Permian and Jurassic sand seas on the Colorado Plateau of southwest Laurentia fall into six separable age populations …
Global-scale compilations of palaeoclimate indicators include records of the temporal and spatial occurrence of coal, laterite, bauxite, Vertisols, calcrete, eolianite, and evaporite at the …
Dinosaurs were remarkably successful during the Mesozoic and one subgroup, birds, remain an important component of modern ecosystems. Although the extinction of non-avian …
Accelerated biotic turnover during the Late Triassic has led to the perception of an end- Triassic mass extinction event, now regarded as one of the “big five” extinctions. Close …
The southern part of the Karoo Basin of South Africa contains a near complete stratigraphic record of the Permo-Triassic boundary (PTB). Isotope-and magneto-stratigraphy confirm that …
PX Wang - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2009 - Springer
Monsoon is now considered as a global system rather than regional phenomena only. For over 300 years, monsoon has been viewed as a gigantic land-sea breeze, but now satellite …