Climatic fluctuations during the LIA and post-LIA in the Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India: Evidence from a 400 y old stalagmite record

Quaternary International

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-138

  Kotlia, Bahadur Singh ^a   Ahmad, Syed Masood ^b   Zhao, Jian Xin ^c   Raza, Waseem ^b   Collerson, Kenneth D ^c   Joshi, Lalit Mohan ^a   Sanwal, Jaishri ^d  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; WESTERLY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84862793224     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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