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Palaeosols within Loess: Dating Palaeoclimatic Events in Kashmir

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Sheela Kusumgar ,
D P Agrawal ,
Navin Juyal  and
Prabhakar Sharma
Sheela Kusumgar
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
D P Agrawal
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Navin Juyal
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Prabhakar Sharma
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
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Abstract

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The 14C dates of Kashmir loess-palaeosols form five clusters. The dates, mineral magnetic, stable isotopic, and pollen data help decipher major climatic oscillations as distinct from the minor ones.

Type
IV. Methods and Applications
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 28 , Issue 2A , 1986 , pp. 561 - 565
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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