Global climatic and environmental changes during the last 125 Kyr. Comparison of the East African lake sediments data with the records of two marine cores from Eastern Arabian Sea

Maurice Taieb , Prabhu C.N. , Shankar R.K. , Krishnamurthy Anupama (1) , L. Vidal

1 IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry

This edited volume of proceedings brings together a diversity of papers that presents a multitude of approaches and proxies used in understanding global climatic and environmental changes during the Quaternary period of the earth’s history, focusing on the most recent or “Late Quaternary”. Regionally, the focus is on the south Asian region with contributions from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand in addition to the majority from India. The volume is subdivided into 6 sections grouped thematically and comprises papers dealing with diverse themes such as Radiometric dating methods, Geological and Biological proxies, Model specific datasets and data specific models and applications of new technologies such as remote sensing to the study of palaeoenvironments.

Mots clés: Palaeoenvironment; multi-proxy studies; climate change; East African lake sediments; Eastern Arabian Sea

Domaines: Sciences de la Terre; Milieux et Changements globaux

Maurice Taieb, Prabhu C.N., Shankar R.K., Krishnamurthy Anupama, L. Vidal. Global climatic and environmental changes during the last 125 Kyr. Comparison of the East African lake sediments data with the records of two marine cores from Eastern Arabian Sea. Anupama K.; Achyuthan H. Late quaternary environment change: emerging issues. Proceedings of the International PAGES workshop and training program at the French Institute, Pondicherry, 10th–15th February 2003, and the common seminar at Anna University, Chennai, 8th February 2003, Institut Français de Pondichéry, p. 139-144, 2003, Publications du département d’écologie n°42, 978-81-8470-113-5. ⟨hal-03218617⟩