A high-resolution micromorphological record of the Late Quaternary paleosols from Ganga-Yamuna interfluve: Stratigraphic and paleoclimatic implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-142

  Srivastava, P ^a   Rajak, M K ^a   Sinha, R ^b   Pal, D K ^c   Bhattacharyya, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GULLY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 77957917009     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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