Holocene palaeoenvironmental records from the high-altitude Wular Lake, Western Himalayas

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Shah, Rayees Ahmad, Achyuthan, Hema, Lone, Aasif Mohmad, Kumar, Sanjeev, Kumar, Pankaj, Sharma, Rajveer, Amir, Mohd, Singh, Atul Kumar, Dash, Chinmay
• Other Authors: Department of Science & Technology New Delhi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2020
• Subjects: Low Lake; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683619895592; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683619895592; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683619895592

We present a comprehensive record of Holocene (11,590–628 cal. yr BP) climate and hydrographic changes around the Wular Lake located in Kashmir Valley, India. Based on the multi-proxy investigations, we have identified three phases of wet climate conditions that prevailed from the commencement of th...