Asian Geodynamics, Climate and Biodiversity
Product code: SP549
Print publication date: 19/06/2025
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth and Solar System History, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoenvironments, New
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781786206206
Author/Edited by: Edited by G. Dupont-Nivet, T.N. Jonell, R. Dommain, P.D. Clift
Weight: 0.75kg
Number of pages: 250
Online publication date: 02/06/2025
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/549/1
£120.00
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Special Publication 549
This book addresses the interplay between geodynamics, climate and biodiversity, focusing on the India–Asia collision, an ideal setting for studying interactive processes of Earth system sciences. The rise of the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau significantly influenced atmospheric circulation, precipitation patterns and biotic evolution, yet these interactive mechanisms remain topics of debate. New plate tectonic reconstructions combined with fossil records reveal plant and animal dispersal pathways and evolutionary patterns. Climatic phenomena, including monsoons and glaciations, further influenced biodiversity by shaping habitats and driving speciation. High-altitude regions, like the Hengduan Mountains, became biodiversity cradles due to habitat heterogeneity and ecological niches. Advances in palaeoaltimetry proxies, molecular phylogenetics and climate and landscape modelling clarify the complex interactions between tectonics, climate and biodiversity. Asia’s geological history offers insights into past climate–biodiversity dynamics that are vital to understand current ecosystem responses to climate change. This region’s unparalleled biogeological activity makes it a focal point for Earth system science, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary research to address global biodiversity and environmental challenges.
Dupont-Nivet, G., Jonell, T. N., Dommain, R. and Clift, P. D. Asian geodynamics, climate and biodiversity: an introduction
Westerweel, J., Roperch, P., Win, Z. and Dupont-Nivet, G. Northward drift of the Burma Terrane with India during the Cenozoic and implications for the India–Asia collision
Spicer, R. A., Farnsworth, A., Su, T., Ding, L., Witkowski, C. R., Li, S.-F., Xiong, Z., Zhou, Z., Li, S., Hughes, A. C., Valdes, P. J., Widdowson, M., Zhang, X., He, S., Liu, J., Huang, J., Herman, A. B., Xu, Q., Liu, X., Jin, J., Pancost, R. D., Lunt, D. J. and Zhang, S. The progressive co-evolutionary development of the Pan-Tibetan Highlands, the Asian monsoon system and Asian biodiversity
Morley, R. J. The establishment of Palaeotropical rainforests from Africa to Oceania in relation to plate tectonics and zonal tropical climates
Chattopadhyay, D., Venu Gopal, K. and Dahakey, A. The effect of the Tethyan seaway closure on the Oligo-Miocene marine benthic diversity and distribution around Eurasia
Clift, P. D. Variations in aridity across the Asia–Australia region during the Neogene and their impact on vegetation
Ghosh, S., Roy, B. and Sanyal, P. The late Neogene distribution of C3–C4 plants in the Himalayan Foreland Basin: insight from the δ13C values and sedimentological architecture of the Siwaliks
Chang, Y., Gelwick, K., Fang, X., Luo, A., Wang, Z., Pellissier, L. and Willett, S. D. Tectonic and climatic controls on plant biodiversity in the Hengduan Mountains, China
Allen, B. J., Vaughan, T. G., du Plessis, L., Schouten, T. L. A., Yuan, Z., Willett, S. D. and Stadler, T. Inferring the evolutionary history of the Sino-Himalayan biodiversity hotspot using a Bayesian birth–death skyline model
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