DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.004
论文题名: Cool equatorial terrestrial temperatures and the South Asian monsoon in the Early Eocene: Evidence from the Gurha Mine, Rajasthan, India
作者: Shukla A. ; Mehrotra R.C. ; Spicer R.A. ; Spicer T.E.V. ; Kumar M.
刊名: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ISSN: 0031-0182
出版年: 2014
卷: 412 起始页码: 187
结束页码: 198
语种: 英语
英文关键词: CLAMP
; Early Eocene
; Equatorial climate
; Fossil leaves
英文摘要: Early Eocene (~. 55-52. Ma) laminated lacustrine sediments overlying lignites in the Gurha Mine (27.87398°N, 72.86709°E), Rajasthan, India, yield a diversity of fossil leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and insects. CLAMP (multivariate foliar physiognomic) analysis of two horizons separated by an estimated several tens of thousands of years of deposition indicates cool equatorial (~. 10°N) temperatures and a pronounced monsoon signature. A lower assemblage consisting of 54 leaf morphotypes and an upper assemblage of 57 leaf forms yielded mean annual temperatures (MAT) of 24.7 and 23.9. °C, respectively. The uncertainty (±. 2.82. °C) means these temperature regimes are identical despite few similarities in the morphotypes between the two assemblages.The mean annual range of temperature (MART) was approximately 9.7. °C for both assemblages. When corrected for evapotranspirational cooling these temperature regimes are similar to those experienced today at 10°N on the west coast of India and surprisingly cool for the tropics at a time of extreme global warmth. Growth was year round. The tropical to paratropical fossil floras also suggest a moist regime (80% annual relative humidity) and high mean annual precipitation of ~. 1800. mm for both assemblages but with a pronounced wet/dry seasonality indicative of a pronounced monsoonal regime. The lower assemblage has a stronger monsoon index (11.8) than the upper assemblage (8.8). The two assemblages seem to have been deposited less than 100. ka apart. This suggests that not only a pronounced South Asian monsoon existed when India and Asia first made contact, but also a variation in monsoon strength existed that cannot be ascribed to tectonic drivers. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/69217
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作者单位: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow, U.P., India; Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, Centre for Earth Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom; Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing, China
Recommended Citation:
Shukla A.,Mehrotra R.C.,Spicer R.A.,et al. Cool equatorial terrestrial temperatures and the South Asian monsoon in the Early Eocene: Evidence from the Gurha Mine, Rajasthan, India[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2014-01-01,412