A Holocene pollen record from the northwestern Himalayan lake Tso Moriri: Implications for palaeoclimatic and archaeological research

Quaternary International

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-112

  Leipe, Christian ^a   Demske, Dieter ^a   Tarasov, Pavel E ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Harappan Civilisation; Holocene climate; Indian Summer Monsoon; North Atlantic climate; North western Himalaya; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET; WESTERLY;

EID: 84908509973     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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