Climate and environmental change at the end of the Holocene Humid Period: A pollen record off Pakistan

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 760-769

  Ivory, Sarah J ^a   Lézine, Anne Marie ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Holocene; Indian monsoon; Marine core; Pakistan; Paleoclimate; Paleovegetation; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350062356     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.12.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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