Climate and seismicity in the higher Central Himalaya during 20-10 ka: Evidence from the Garbayang basin, Uttaranchal, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 315-330

  Juyal, N ^a   Pant, R K ^b   Basavaiah, N ^c   Yadava, M G ^a   Saini, N K ^b   Singhvi, A K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Lake deposits; Luminescence dating; Magnetic susceptibility; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoseismicity

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE EVOLUTION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 5144221652     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00387-6     Document Type: Article

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