Paleoclimatic implications of pedogenic carbonates in Holocene soils of the Gangetic Plains, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 207-222

  Srivastava, Pankaj ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

Author keywords

Holocene; India; Paleoclimate; Pedogenic carbonate; Soil micromorphology; Soil chronoassociation; The gangetic plains

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOLOGY;

INDIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ANOGEISSUS; CHENOPODIUM; MICA; MICAS; TECOMELLA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 0035881621     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00276-0     Document Type: Article

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