RIVER PALEOFLOW EVOLUTION IN THE WEST-INDIAN COASTAL REGION - ORGANIC-CARBON ISOTOPIC EVIDENCES FROM MARINE SEDIMENT CORES FOR A LESS HUMIDCLIMATE SINCE 3,500 YEARS BP

Citation
I. Bentaleb et al., RIVER PALEOFLOW EVOLUTION IN THE WEST-INDIAN COASTAL REGION - ORGANIC-CARBON ISOTOPIC EVIDENCES FROM MARINE SEDIMENT CORES FOR A LESS HUMIDCLIMATE SINCE 3,500 YEARS BP, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 317(5), 1993, pp. 713-718
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
317
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
713 - 718
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)317:5<713:RPEITW>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Geochemical and palynological studies of a marine core off Karnataka C oast (West India) reveal major changes in both terrestrial organic car bon input and in vegetation cover at around 3,500 years BP. These chan ges suggest reduced precipitation over the western Ghats mountains.