A glimpse of palynological succession from India: Vegetation, climate and anthropogeny since middle holocene

Holocene: Perspectives, Environmental Dynamics and Impact Events

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 73-88

  Farooqui, Anjum ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate; India; Monsoon; Pollen; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874699901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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