Late Quaternary climate variability and vegetation response in Ziro Lake Basin, Eastern Himalaya: A multiproxy approach

Quaternary International

Volumn 325, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-29

  Ghosh, Ruby ^a   Paruya, Dipak Kumar ^b   Khan, Mahasin Ali ^b   Chakraborty, Supriyo ^a,c   Sarkar, Anindya ^d   Bera, Subir ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; PHYTOLITH; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84896107084     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.046     Document Type: Article

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