Intensification of monsoon, microclimate and asynchronous C4 appearance: Isotopic evidence from the Indian Siwalik sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 165-173

  Sanyal, Prasanta ^a   Sarkar, A ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Kumar, Rohtash ^c   Ghosh, S K ^c   Agrawal, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

C4 plants; Isotope; Microclimate; Monsoon; Nodules; Pedogenic clay; Siwalik

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBONATE; CLAY; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROCLIMATE; MIOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; RAINFALL; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS;

EID: 77956058853     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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