X-RAY DIFFERACTION ANALYSIS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF CLAY MINERALS PARAGENESIS IN THE NEOGENE SEDIMENTS OF MANG AND VICINITY, SUB-HIMALAYAS, PAKISTAN by Muhammad, Muhammad

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Sensitivity analysis of input ground motion on surface motion parameters in high seismic regions: a case of Bhutan Himalaya by K. Tempa, K. R. Aryal, N. Chettri, G. Forte, D. Gautam, D. Gautam, D. Gautam

“…Being one of the most active seismic regions on earth, the eastern fringe of the Himalaya has observed many devastating earthquakes together with non-uniform damage scenarios. …”
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Glacial Lake Evolution (1962–2018) and Outburst Susceptibility of Gurudongmar Lake Complex in the Tista Basin, Sikkim Himalaya (India) by Arindam Chowdhury, Tomáš Kroczek, Sunil Kumar De, Vít Vilímek, Milap Chand Sharma, Manasi Debnath

“…The Sikkim Himalayan glaciers and glacial lakes are affected by climate change like other parts of the Himalayas. As a result of this climate variability in the Sikkim Himalaya, a detailed study of the Gurudongmar lake complex (GLC) evolution and outburst susceptibility assessment is required. …”
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Spring water quality assessment of Anantnag district of Kashmir Himalaya: towards understanding the looming threats to spring ecosystem services by Sami Ullah Bhat, Asmat Un Nisa, Inam Sabha, Nepal C. Mondal

“…We analyzed a total of eighteen geochemical quality parameters using standard methods from various representative springs of Anantnag district, Kashmir Himalaya. Groundwater quality profiles were generated in a GIS environment for each parameter. …”
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Traditional Use of Wild and Domestic Fauna among Different Ethnic Groups in the Western Himalayas—A Cross Cultural Analysis by Musheerul Hassan, Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Riyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Majeed, Hakim Ali Sahito, Madeeha Shirani, Iqra Mubeen, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Andrea Pieroni, Rainer W. Bussmann, Abed Alataway, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Mohamed Al-Yafrsi, Hosam O. Elansary, Kowiyou Yessoufou

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Vegetation Shift of <i>Juniperus macropoda</i> Boisser Forest in Response to Climate Change in North-Western Himalayas, India by Dhirender Kumar, Daulat R. Bhardwaj, Chaman L. Thakur, Prashant Sharma, Gebiaw T. Ayele

“…The cold desert ecosystem of the north-western Himalaya in India’s is considered to be the most vulnerable region to climate change. …”
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Tree-Ring Oxygen Isotope Variations in Subalpine Firs from the Western Himalaya Capture Spring Season Temperature Signals by Bency David Chinthala, Jussi Grießinger, Parminder Singh Ranhotra, Nidhi Tomar, C. P. Singh, Achim Bräuning

“…The valley is located in the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) dominated region of western Himalaya and also receives snow precipitation derived by westerly disturbances (WDs) during the winter months. …”
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Stand Structure, Biomass and Carbon Storage in <i>Gmelina arborea</i> Plantation at Agricultural Landscape in Foothills of Eastern Himalayas by Mendup Tamang, Roman Chettri, Vineeta, Gopal Shukla, Jahangeer A. Bhat, Amit Kumar, Munesh Kumar, Arpit Suryawanshi, Marina Cabral-Pinto, Sumit Chakravarty

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Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas by Yasir Hanif Mir, Mumtaz Ahmad Ganie, Tajamul Islam Shah, Aziz Mujtaba Aezum, Shabir Ahmed Bangroo, Shakeel Ahmad Mir, Shahnawaz Rasool Dar, Syed Sheeraz Mahdi, Zahoor Ahmad Baba, Aanisa Manzoor Shah, Uzma Majeed, Tatiana Minkina, Vishnu D. Rajput, Aijaz Ahmad Dar

“…Current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of important land uses and soil depth on soil organic carbon pools viz. total organic carbon, Walkley and black carbon, labile organic carbon, particulate organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon and carbon management index (CMI) in the north Western Himalayas, India. Soil samples from five different land uses viz. forest, pasture, apple, saffron and paddy-oilseed were collected up to a depth of 1 m (0–30, 30–60, 60–90 cm). …”
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Origin and identity of the Brokpa of Dah-Hanu, Himalayas – an NRY-HG L1a2 (M357) legacy by Adikarla Syama, Varadarajan Santhakumari Arun, GaneshPrasad ArunKumar, Ray Subhadeepta, Kai Friese, Ramasamy Pitchappan, The Genographic Consortium

“…Conclusion: The Y chromosomal studies suggest the Brokpa to be pre-Vedic settlers of the Himalayas, 9000 ybp, with an isolated evolution. The mtDNA profile shows a predominance of mtDNA HG A4 that must have arrived from outside the Indian subcontinent.…”
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Atmospheric aerosol size distribution impacts radiative effects over the Himalayas via modulating aerosol single-scattering albedo by Pengfei Tian, Zeren Yu, Chen Cui, Jianping Huang, Chenliang Kang, Jinsen Shi, Xianjie Cao, Lei Zhang

“…The variation of SSA is thought to be mainly regulated by aerosol absorption in the Himalayas and South Asia, but observations contradict this idea. …”
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Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic indigeneity, commoning, sustainability, edited by Dan Smyer Yü and Erik de Maaker by Karine Gagné

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Lowari Tunnel Water Quality Evaluation: Implications for Tunnel Support, Potable Water Supply, and Irrigation in Northwestern Himalayas, Pakistan by Jehanzeb Khan, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem, Wajid Ali, Inayat ur Rehman, Ihtisham Islam, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, George Kontakiotis, George D. Bathrellos, Hariklia D. Skilodimou

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Plantae, Magnoliophyta, Gentianales, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, <i>Ceropegia hookeri</i>: Distribution and rediscovery in eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, India by Chettri, A., Lyngdoh, M. K., Pandey, H. N., Barik, S. K.

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Interseismic Coupling beneath the Sikkim–Bhutan Himalaya Constrained by GPS Measurements and Its Implication for Strain Segmentation and Seismic Activity by Shuiping Li, Tingye Tao, Fei Gao, Xiaochuan Qu, Yongchao Zhu, Jianwei Huang, Qi Wang

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SNOW COVER AND GLACIER DYNAMICS STUDY USING C-AND L-BAND SAR DATASETS IN PARTS OF NORTH WEST HIMALAYA by P. K. Thakur, V. Garg, B. R. Nikam, S. Singh, Jasmine, A. Chouksey, P. R. Dhote, S. P. Aggarwal, P. Chauhan, A. S. Kumar, A. S. Kumar

“…The seasonal snow cover and permanent ice in form of Himalayan glaciers provide fresh water to many perineal rivers of Himalayas. The melt water from seasonal snow and glaciers, especially during of 15 March to 15 June acts as important source of water for drinking, hydropower and irrigation requirements of many areas in North India. …”
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Impact of Image-Processing Routines on Mapping Glacier Surface Facies from Svalbard and the Himalayas Using Pixel-Based Methods by Shridhar D. Jawak, Sagar F. Wankhede, Alvarinho J. Luis, Keshava Balakrishna

“…This experiment was performed on glaciers at two test sites, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway; and Chandra–Bhaga basin, Himalaya, India. The overall performance suggested that the FLAASH correction delivered realistic reflectance spectra, while DOS delivered the least realistic. …”
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Late Quaternary palaeoclimatic records from the Indian Himalaya and Ganga foreland basin: Assessment on current understanding and future prospective by Archna Bohra, Amzad Hussain Laskar, Manish Mehta, Ambili Anoop, Anand K. Pandey

“…In this comprehensive review, an extensive analysis has been conducted on paleoclimate datasets from climatically sensitive regions in the Indian Himalaya and Indo-Gangetic plain. Our main objective was to gain valuable insights into the broad palaeoclimatic variability during the Late Quaternary-Holocene period. …”
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Vertical Distribution of Aerosols during Deep-Convective Event in the Himalaya Using WRF-Chem Model at Convection Permitting Scale by Prashant Singh, Pradip Sarawade, Bhupesh Adhikary

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Overall recession and mass budget of Gangotri Glacier, Garhwal Himalayas, from 1965 to 2015 using remote sensing data by ATANU BHATTACHARYA, TOBIAS BOLCH, KRITI MUKHERJEE, TINO PIECZONKA, JAN KROPÁČEK, MANFRED F. BUCHROITHNER

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