Quaternary alluvial stratigraphy and palaeoclimatic reconstruction at the Thar margin

Current Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1048-1055

  Jain, M ^a,b   Tandon, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0142068233     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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