Vegetation response to South Asian Monsoon variations in Konkan, western India during the Late Quaternary: Evidence from fluvio-lacustrine archives

Quaternary International

Volumn 286, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-18

  Kumaran, K P N ^a   Limaye, Ruta B ^a   Punekar, Sachin A ^a,b   Rajaguru, S N ^c   Joshi, S V ^c   Karlekar, S N ^d  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Biospheres   (India)

^c Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

^d Sir Parashurambhau College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

INDIA; KONKAN; MAHARASHTRA; SRI LANKA;

MYRISTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872616239     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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