Arid-humid cycles in mainland Gujarat over the past 300 Ka: Evidence from the Mahi river basin, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-388

  Khadkikar, A S ^a   Chamyal, L S ^a   Malik, J N ^a   Maurya, D M ^a   Merh, S S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID/HUMID CYCLE; GRAVEL; GRAVEL HORIZON; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE CHANGE; PALAEOSOL; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY;

INDIA, GUJARAT, MAHI RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0030438475     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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