Late holocene climatic changes in Garhwal Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 911-919

  Kotlia, B S ^a   Joshi, L M ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Geochemical parameters; Lake core; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877798785     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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