A century-scale pollen record of vegetation and climate history during the past 3500 years in the Pinder Valley, Kumaon Higher Himalaya, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 495-506

  Phadtare, N R ^a   Pant, R K ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Late Holocene climate; Peat deposit; Pollen record; Tree line history

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; TREELINE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT; XIZANG;

EID: 33751230172     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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