Late Pleistocene-Holocene Palaeohydrology of monsoon Asia

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-417

  Kale, Vishwas S ^a   Gupta, Avijit ^b   Singhvi, Ashok K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10244247745     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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