Step-wise change of Asian interior climate preceding the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT)

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Abels, Hemmo A., Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume, Xiao, Guoqiao, Bosboom, Roderic, Krijgsman, Wout
• Other Authors: Abels, HA (reprint author), Univ Utrecht, Dept Earth Sci, Paleomagnet Lab Ft Hoofddijk, Budapestlaan 17, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, Netherlands., Univ Utrecht, Dept Earth Sci, Paleomagnet Lab Ft Hoofddijk, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, Netherlands., Peking Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Orogen Belts & Crustal Evolut, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Univ Rennes 1, UMR 6118, F-35042 Rennes, France., China Univ Geosci, Minist Educ, Key Lab Biogeol & Environm Geol, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China., Univ Utrecht, Dept Earth Sci, Paleomagnet Lab Ft Hoofddijk, Budapestlaan 17, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, Netherlands.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology 2011
• Subjects: Late Eocene; Doubthouse climate; Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT); Terrestrial record; Gypsum; Red beds; Cyclostratigraphy; TIBETAN PLATEAU; LACUSTRINE EVAPORITES; MIDDLE EOCENE; PACIFIC-OCEAN; TERUEL BASIN; XINING BASIN; TARIM BASIN; NE SPAIN; CHINA; PALEOGENE; Pacific; Saline Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/243191; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.028

Understanding the global climate change from greenhouse to icehouse conditions at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (DOT) 34 million years ago requires climatic records from oceanic as well as continental realms of the key Late Eocene "doubthouse" period preceding this switch. Here, we repor...