A ~50ka record of monsoonal variability in the Darjeeling foothill region, eastern Himalayas

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-115

  Ghosh, Ruby ^a   Bera, Subir ^b   Sarkar, Anindya ^c   Paruya, Dipak Kumar ^b   Yao, Yi Feng ^d   Li, Cheng Sen ^d  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Darjeeling foothill; Eastern Himalayas; Monsoon variation; Plant community; 50ka

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY;

DARJEELING FOOTHILL; HIMALAYAS; MONSOON VARIATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; ~50KA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE VARIATION; COEXISTENCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CLIMATES; MOUNTAINS; PLANTS;

DARJEELING; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

ASTERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84924023903     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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