The Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

NECLIME Symposium

NECLIME is an international open network of palaeobotanists focussing on Neogene Eurasian climate to obtain a better understanding of long-term palaeoclimate processes in mid latitudes.

Time: Nov.18 to Nov. 20, 2010

Venue: Presentation Hall of KUN Herbarium

Organised by Zhou Zhe-Kun and Volker Mosbrugger

NECLIME Working Groups

Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography

Kunming Institute of Botany

Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Primary Schedule

November 18th, 2010 

9:00 - 9:20: Opening Ceremony.

Chair person: Hang SUN, deputy director of Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences 

9:20-17:30: Oral presentations focusing on large scale patterns and teleconnections in Eastern Eurasia and comparison with Europe, including the history of East and Southeast Asian monsoon systems and the impact of Himalayan uplift on Eurasian Neogene climate history.

November 19th, 2010

9:00-17:30 Field excursion: visiting the evergreen broad-leaves forests around Kunming. 

November 20th, 2010

9:00-17:00: Oral presentations focusing on the East Asian climate and vegetation in the Neogene.

17:00-17:30: Closing Ceremony.

For more information, check out the NECLIME website at http://www.neclime.de/