Controlling weathering and erosion intensity on the southern slope of the Central Himalaya by the Indian summer monsoon during the last glacial

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 73-84

  Kuwahara, Yoshihiro ^a   Masudome, Yukiko ^a   Paudel, Mukunda Raj ^a   Fujii, Rie ^a,b   Hayashi, Tatsuya ^a,c   Mampuku, Mami ^a   Sakai, Harutaka ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Science ^*  (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

clay minerals; Indian monsoon; last glacial; Nepal Himalaya; paleoclimate; weathering

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; EROSION RATE; FOSSIL RECORD; INSOLATION; LAST GLACIAL; MICA; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MICAS;

EID: 77349105072     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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