Depositional history and palaeoclimatic variations at the northeastern fringe of Thar Desert, Haryana plains, India

Quaternary International

Volumn 250, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-48

  Saini, H S ^a   Mujtaba, S A I ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LITHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RIVER SYSTEM; STRATIGRAPHY;

HARYANA; INDIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 84856221056     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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