Holocene vegetation dynamics and climatic fluctuations from Shuanghaizi Lake in the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Trivedi, Anjali, Tang, Ye-Na, Qin, Feng, Farooqui, Anjum, Wortley, Alexandra H., Wang, Yu-Fei, Blackmore, Stephen, Li, Cheng-Sen, Yao, Yi-Feng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2020
• Subjects: Alpine lake; Biodiversity; Indian summer monsoon; Palaeoecology; Pollen record; Yunnan; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Paleontology; SUMMER MONSOON VARIABILITY; NORTHWESTERN YUNNAN PROVINCE; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; NORTH-ATLANTIC CLIMATE; CAL YR BP; ASIAN MONSOON; HIGH-RESOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; INDIAN MONSOON; Physical Geography; Geology; Alpine Lake; Indian; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/18324; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110035

The Hengduan Mountains of Southwest China are considered the most biologically diverse temperate ecosystem in the world. Here, we present a similar to 10,000-year pollen record from Shuanghaizi Lake, northwestern Yunnan, which we use to reconstruct vegetation dynamics, climatic fluctuations and vari...