Palynological analysis of the late Early Pleistocene sediments from Queque Cave in Guangxi, South China

Autor(en)
S.-P. Li, J.F. Li, David-Kay Ferguson, N.-W. Wang, X.-X. He, J.-X. Yao
Abstrakt

Palynomorphs extracted from the sediments in Queque Cave of the late Early Pleistocene in Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were investigated to reconstruct the paleoenvironment in the study area. While the sediments are pollen-poor, they are sufficiently productive to carry out a paleoenvironmental analysis. The source vegetation reflected by the palynomorphs from the unfossiliferous layer was temperate to warm temperate deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forest while it was warm temperate to subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forest from the mammalian horizons. Climatic parameters obtained using the Coexistence Approach indicate that the unfossiliferous layer (MAT=11.3-15.4°C, MAP=601.1-1076.1mm) was cooler and drier than that from the mammal-bearing layers (MAT=12.6-18.6°C, MAP=784.7-1523.1mm).

Organisation(en)
Institut für Paläontologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ministry of Land and Resources of China
Journal
Quaternary International
Band
354
Seiten
24-34
Anzahl der Seiten
11
ISSN
1040-6182
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.053
Publikationsdatum
12-2014
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105117 Paläobotanik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Earth-Surface Processes
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ce6bea0d-e928-46b6-b96e-e7cdbf9330b3