Style and timing of glaciation in the Lahul Himalaya, northern India: A framework for reconstructing late Quaternary palaeoclimatic change in the western Himalayas

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-109

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Bailey, Richard M ^a   Rhodes, Edward J ^a   Mitchell, Wishart A ^b   Coxon, Pete ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Glaciation; Himalayas; Osl dating

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY CLIMATE;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS, LAHUL HIMALAYA;

EID: 0031413291     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199703/04)12:2<83::AID-JQS281>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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