Late Quaternary-Holocene lake-level changes in the eastern margin of the Thar Desert, India

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-507

  Achyuthan, Hema ^a   Kar, Amal ^b   Eastoe, Chris ^c  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene period; Mineralogy; Radiocarbon dates; Saline lakes; Sedimentary structures

Indexed keywords

BRINE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 35448943180     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9086-6     Document Type: Article

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