Articles | Volume 12, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1473-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1473-2016
Research article
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12 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 12 Jul 2016

Palynological evidence for late Miocene stepwise aridification on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Jia Liu, Ji Jun Li, Chun Hui Song, Hao Yu, Ting Jiang Peng, Zheng Chuang Hui, and Xi Yan Ye

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The late Cenozoic basins in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau document both the tectonic uplift process and its associated environmental changes. Here, we investigated a late Miocene sporopollen record from the Tianshui Basin in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. The results show that a persistent aridification trend parallels the global cooling of the late Miocene, and the stepwise vegetation succession is consistent with the major uplift events of the Tibetan Plateau.