Chronology of late Quaternary glaciation in the Pindar valley, Alaknanda basin, Central Himalaya (India)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 224-233

  Bali, Rameshwar ^a   Nawaz Ali, S ^b   Agarwal, K K ^a   Rastogi, Saurabh Kumar ^a   Krishna, Kalyan ^a   Srivastava, Pradeep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Himalaya; Chronology of glaciation; Moraine stratigraphy; OSL dating; Pindari glacier

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; QUATERNARY; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; PINDAR VALLEY; UTTARAKHAND;

AMBLEMA PLICATA;

EID: 84875366610     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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