Modern pollen vegetation relationships in a dry deciduous monsoon forest: A case study from Lonar Crater Lake, Central India

Quaternary International

Volumn 371, Issue , 2015, Pages 268-279

  Riedel, Nils ^a   Stebich, Martina ^a   Anoop, Ambili ^b   Basavaiah, Nathani ^c   Menzel, Philip ^d   Prasad, Sushma ^b   Sachse, Dirk ^e   Sarkar, Saswati ^e   Wiesner, Martin ^d  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central India; Lonar Lake; Modern pollen vegetation relationships; Tropical dry deciduous forests

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

INDIA; LONAR LAKE; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 84930276423     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.046     Document Type: Article

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