Do stable isotope data from calcrete record late pleistocene monsoonal climate variation in the Thar Desert of India?

Quaternary Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-251

  Andrews, Julian E ^a   Singhvi, Ashok K ^b   Kailath, Ansu J ^b   Kuhn, Ralph ^c   Dennis, Paul F ^a   Tandon, Sampat K ^d   Dhir, Ram P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Calcrete; India; Monsoon; Paleoclimate; Pleistocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

INDIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 0032216244     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2002     Document Type: Article

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