Monsoon variability and chemical weathering during the late Pleistocene in the Goriganga basin, higher central Himalaya, India

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 597-604

  Beukema, Steven P ^a,b   Krishnamurthy, R V ^a   Juyal, N ^c   Basavaiah, N ^d   Singhvi, A K ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Hardwater effect; Himalaya; Lacustrine sediments; Late Pleistocene; Luminescence dating; Monsoon; Paleoclimate; Stable isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HARDWATER; HIMALAYA; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATES; STABLE ISOTOPES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE VARIATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 79955463748     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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