Reconstruction of Last Glacial to early Holocene monsoon variability from relict lake sediments of the Higher Central Himalaya, Uttrakhand, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-449

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

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Higher himalaya; Lake sediment; Last Glacial; Mineral magnetism; Monsoon; Optical dating

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MINERAL PROPERTY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 55549096709     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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