The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

Abstract The Eastern Himalayas are renowned for their high plant diversity. To understand
how this modern botanical richness formed, it is critical to investigate past plant biodiversity …

The rainforests near the early Eocene palaeo-equator were more resilient to greenhouse
warming than mid-latitude vegetation. The mechanism underlying that resilience remains …

Abstract Cinnamomum Schaeffer (avocado, family Lauraceae), commonly known as
cinnamon tree, is a highly diverse, economically important evergreen element of tropical and …

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 …

The long-term evolution of the Asian summer monsoon and its drivers are important for
understanding future Asian summer monsoon variations. Due to inconsistencies among …

The Siwalik flora is important in understanding the orogeny of the Himalayas and the
resulting climate change. Though the fossil records from the eastern Himalayan Siwalik of …

The Siwalik plant fossils are important in understanding the climate change caused by the
uplift of the Himalaya. The plant fossil assemblages are abundantly known from Nepal's …

Well-preserved remains of a mitosporic fungus were found on leaf cuticles of Cinnamomum
sp.(Lauraceae) recovered from the lower Siwalik (Chunabati Formation; Middle Miocene) …

Floral taxa from the middle Miocene to the early Pleistocene have been thoroughly
documented in the Siwalik sediments in the Nepal Himalayas and are well recorded from …