Observations on the relationship between lake formation, permafrost activity and lithalsa development during the last 20 000 years in the Tso Kar basin, Ladakh, India

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-358

  Wünnemann, Bernd ^a   Reinhardt, Christian ^a   Kotlia, Bahadur S ^b   Riedel, Frank ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Frost mounds; Himalaya; Lake history; Lithalsa; Permafrost; Tso Kar

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CORE ANALYSIS; EROSION; LAKE EVOLUTION; PALSA; PERMAFROST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SLUMPING; THERMOKARST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SOUTH ASIA; TSO KAR BASIN;

EID: 61449158889     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.631     Document Type: Article

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