Mangrove vegetation responses to Holocene climate change along Konkan coast of south-western India

Quaternary International

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 114-128

  Limaye, Ruta B ^a   Kumaran, K P N ^a  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SWAMP; VEGETATION;

INDIA; KONKAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; MAHARASHTRA; PALM BEACH; SOUTH AFRICA;

RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA;

EID: 84861483180     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.034     Document Type: Article

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