EFFECT OF OROGENY, PLATE MOTION AND LAND SEA DISTRIBUTION ON EURASIANCLIMATE-CHANGE OVER THE PAST 30 MILLION YEARS

Authors
RAMSTEIN G FLUTEAU F BESSE J JOUSSAUME S
Citation
G. Ramstein et al., EFFECT OF OROGENY, PLATE MOTION AND LAND SEA DISTRIBUTION ON EURASIANCLIMATE-CHANGE OVER THE PAST 30 MILLION YEARS, Nature, 386(6627), 1997, pp. 788-795
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Nature → ACNP
ISSN journal
00280836
Volume
386
Issue
6627
Year of publication
1997
Pages
788 - 795
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-0836(1997)386:6627<788:EOOPMA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The Eurasian climates of today, 10 million and 30 million years ago ar e simulated using an atmospheric general circulation model that incorp orates realistic continental geography and epicontinental sea distribu tions. The resulting climates compare well with various palaeoclimate records. The retreat of the Paratethys-an epicontinental sea-shifts th e central Asian climate from temperate to continental conditions, and plays as important a role as uplift, of the Himalayan/Tibetan plateau in driving the Asian monsoon changes.