Quantifying the equatorial climate shifts in the Indo-Burma range using late Eocene–early Oligocene leaf fossils

IF 2.6 2区地球科学 Q2 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112931

Harshita Bhatia , Kapesa Lokho , Gaurav Srivastava , O. Chonchibeni Ezung

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Abstract

The late Eocene–early Oligocene geological time span saw significant Antarctic glaciation, which played a crucial role in shaping global climate patterns and influencing regional climates and ocean circulation changes. In this study, we quantitatively reconstructed the climate of a low latitude site using fossil leaf morphological traits recovered from the Laisong Formation (late Eocene–early Oligocene) of the Indo-Burma range. The Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program was used to quantify the climate, suggesting a mean annual temperature of 25.3 ± 2.3 °C and a cold month mean temperature of 19.2 ± 3.5 °C. The length of the growing season extended throughout the year, with a mean annual precipitation of 244.2 ± 64.3 cm, showing clear rainfall seasonality between rainy summers (130 ± 40 cm) and dry winters (21.7 ± 9.8 cm). The study further reveals that high rainfall in the low latitude region resulted from the northward migration of the intertropical convergence zone due to Antarctic glaciation.

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

5.90

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10.00%

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398

审稿时长

3.8 months

期刊介绍： Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology is an international medium for the publication of high quality and multidisciplinary, original studies and comprehensive reviews in the field of palaeo-environmental geology. The journal aims at bringing together data with global implications from research in the many different disciplines involved in palaeo-environmental investigations. By cutting across the boundaries of established sciences, it provides an interdisciplinary forum where issues of general interest can be discussed.