Quaternary deposits in Ladakh and Karakoram Himalaya: A treasure trove of the palaeoclimate records

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1789-1798

  Pant, R K ^a,d   Phadtare, N R ^a   Chamyal, L S ^b   Juyal, Navin ^c  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d Sarjan Towers ^*  (India)

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