An extraordinary period of low-magnitude floods coinciding with the Little Ice Age: Palaeoflood evidence from central and western India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-483

  Kale, Vishwas S ^a   Baker, Victor R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme climatic events; Little Ice Age; Monsoon intensity; Palaeofloods; Slackwater deposits

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOODING; LITTLE ICE AGE; MONSOON; PALEOFLOOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751229882     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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