Monsoonal rainfall variation for last 11 Ma and its impact on vegetation: Study based on Indian Siwalik sediments

Himalayan Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-36

  Sanyal, Prasanta ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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