The Satpura uplift and the palaeoclimate of the Holocene and Auxiliary evidence from the Valmiki Ramayana

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-170

  Krishnaswamy, V S ^a   Raghu Nandan, K R ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Epeirogeny; Holocene; Narmada Tapti faults; Palaeoclimate; Pleistocene; Quaternary; Ramayana; Satpura uplift; Snowy winter

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 25844488115     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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