Mio-Pliocene monsoonal record from Himalayan foreland basin (Indian Siwalik) and its relation to vegetational change

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 23-41

  Sanyal, Prasanta ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Kumar, Rohtash ^b   Ghosh, S K ^b   Sangode, S J ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

C4 grass; Monsoon; pCO2; Siwalik; Soil carbonate

Indexed keywords

FORELAND BASIN; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 1842475507     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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