ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS IN LATE QUATERNARY SEQUENCE OF KOLAGHAT, WEST-BENGAL, INDIA

Authors
HAIT AK DAS HK GHOSH S RAY AK CHANDA S
Citation
Ak. Hait et al., ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS IN LATE QUATERNARY SEQUENCE OF KOLAGHAT, WEST-BENGAL, INDIA, Current Science, 70(12), 1996, pp. 1089-1093
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
70
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1089 - 1093
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1996)70:12<1089:EVILQS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Paleoenvironmental analysis of late Qnaternary sediment and their biot ic contents from onshore part of southern West Bengal reveals eight ec ological phases. A climatic fluctuation for a short period has been no ticed within the prolonged climatic phase. Radiocarbon age data indica te the existence of mangrove swamps during ca. 32 ky (pre-Holocene) an d ca. 7 ky (Holocene).