Triassic climates—state of the art and perspectives

N Preto, E Kustatscher, PB Wignall - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2010 - Elsevier
The climate of the Triassic period was characterized by a non-zonal pattern, dictated by a
strong global monsoon system with effects that are most evident in the Tethys realm. This …

Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon system: state of the art and outstanding issues

P Wang, S Clemens, L Beaufort, P Braconnot… - Quaternary Science …, 2005 - Elsevier
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 …

[图书][B] Paleolimnology: the history and evolution of lake systems

AS Cohen - 2003 - books.google.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic topography, monsoons and biodiversity conservation within the Tibetan Region: An evolving story

RA Spicer, A Farnsworth, T Su - Plant Diversity, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from Permian and Jurassic eolian sandstones of the Colorado Plateau, USA: paleogeographic implications

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 …

Palaeoclimate across the Late Pennsylvanian–Early Permian tropical palaeolatitudes: a review of climate indicators, their distribution, and relation to …

NJ Tabor, CJ Poulsen - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

The origin and early radiation of dinosaurs

SL Brusatte, SJ Nesbitt, RB Irmis, RJ Butler… - Earth-Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Dinosaurs were remarkably successful during the Mesozoic and one subgroup, birds,
remain an important component of modern ecosystems. Although the extinction of non-avian …

Assessing the record and causes of Late Triassic extinctions

LH Tanner, SG Lucas, MG Chapman - Earth-Science Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
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 …

Anatomy of a mass extinction: sedimentological and taphonomic evidence for drought-induced die-offs at the Permo-Triassic boundary in the main Karoo Basin, South …

RMH Smith, J Botha-Brink - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Global monsoon in a geological perspective

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 …