Late Quaternary Palaeoclimate and Contemporary Moisture Source to Extreme NW India: A Review on Present Understanding and Future Perspectives

The trans-Himalayan region of NW India including the western part of Tibet, Karakoram, and Hindukush range host thousands of glaciers ensuring perennial freshwater supply to the Indian subcontinent and supports a large fraction of the global population. The peculiar physiography not only limits the...

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Main Authors: Anupam Sharma, Binita Phartiyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00150/full