The role of paleogeography in Asian monsoon evolution: A review and new insights from climate modelling

D Tardif, AC Sarr, F Fluteau, A Licht, M Kaya… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

[HTML][HTML] A distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon and modern biodiversity resulted from the rise of eastern Tibet

S He, L Ding, Z Xiong, RA Spicer, A Farnsworth… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The uplift of eastern Tibet, Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally
significant Asian biodiversity are all linked, but in obscure ways. Sedimentology …

Did the Deccan Volcanism impact the Indian flora during the Maastrichtian?

S Mishra, M Bansal, V Prasad, VP Singh, S Murthy… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Deccan-associated sediments (Lameta Formation and intertrappean) hold
great potential for understanding the role of Deccan Volcanism in the Maastrichtian …

Neogene South Asian monsoon rainfall and wind histories diverged due to topographic effects

AC Sarr, Y Donnadieu, CT Bolton, JB Ladant… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The drivers of the evolution of the South Asian Monsoon remain widely debated. An
intensification of monsoonal rainfall recorded in terrestrial and marine sediment archives …

High rainfall afforded resilience to tropical rainforests during Early Eocene Climatic Optimum

G Srivastava, H Bhatia, P Verma, YP Singh… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rainforests near the early Eocene palaeo-equator were more resilient to greenhouse
warming than mid-latitude vegetation. The mechanism underlying that resilience remains …

Asian monsoon and vegetation shift: evidence from the Siwalik succession of India

H Bhatia, G Srivastava, P Adhikari, S Tao… - Geological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Quantitative Miocene climate and vegetation data from the Siwalik succession of western
Nepal indicate that the development of the Indian summer monsoon has had an impact …

Late Cretaceous–early Paleogene rise of the Gangdese magmatic arc (south Tibet) from sea level to high mountains

Q Xu, L Ding, Y Cao, F Cai, S Li, X Tan… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recognition of the existence of an Andean-type continental margin in southern Tibet prior to
its collision with India has provided crucial constraints on the formation of the Tibetan …

Paleoclimate changes across the Cenomanian–Santonian transition at the southern Neo-Tethys margin (SW Iran): An integrated approach

A Abdolahi, M Bahrehvar, H Mehrabi, M Omidvar… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenomanian–Santonian (C–S) carbonate successions include valuable
petroleum reservoirs in the Zagros Basin. They also provide important information on the …

Early Paleogene precipitation patterns over East Asia: Was there a monsoon after all?

OV Bondarenko, T Utescher - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Early Paleogene latitudinal precipitation gradients and patterns along the Pacific coast of
Eurasia are studied in time and space using the Coexistence Approach, for the first time …

Late Maastrichtian vegetation and palaeoclimate: palynological inferences from the Deccan Volcanic Province of India

S Mishra, SP Singh, M Arif, AK Singh, G Srivastava… - Cretaceous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Our understanding of the low latitude terrestrial climate of the late Maastrichtian is far from
satisfactory. We have attempted to reconstruct the late Maastrichtian vegetation and climate …