Arcellaceans and pollen/spores of a late Harappan settlement near Porbandar, west coast of India: Implications for palaeoecology and environmental monitoring

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 992-998

  Farooqui, Anjum ^a   Gaur, A S ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Arcellaceans; Climate; Ecology; Late Harappan; Pollen spores; Saurashtra coast; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

SESBANIA;

EID: 34247471700     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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