Chronology of late Pleistocene environmental changes in the lower Mahi basin, western India

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 501-508

  Juyal, Navin ^a   Raj, Rachna ^b   Maurya, Deepak M ^b   Chamyal, Laxman S ^b   Singhvi, Ashok K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Fluvial stratigraphy; Late Pleistocene; Luminescence dating; Mahi valley; Palaeoenvironmental change

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0033894040     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200007)15:5<501::AID-JQS528>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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