Paleoclimate and paleovegetation of Lower Narmada Basin, Gujarat, Western India, inferred from stable carbon and oxygen isotopes

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Laskar, A H ^a   Sharma, N ^b   Ramesh, R ^a   Jani, R A ^a   Yadava, M G ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GUJARAT; INDIA; NARMADA BASIN; NARMADA RIVER;

POACEAE;

EID: 77957927406     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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