Evidence of enhanced winter precipitation and the prevalence of a cool and dry climate during the mid to late Holocene in mainland Gujarat, India

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 889-896

  Prasad, Vandana ^a   Phartiyal, Binita ^a   Sharma, Anupam ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Estuarine sediments; Gujarat; Holocene; India; Indus Valley civilization; Magnetic susceptibility; Palaeomonsoon; Palynofacies; Phytolith

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; MINERALOGY; MONSOON; PHYTOLITH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; MAHI RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36348977437     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607082403     Document Type: Article

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