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High Resolution Palaeoclimatic Changes in Selected Sectors of the Indian Himalaya by Using Speleothems

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The Karst topography describes the dissolution of underlying soluble rocks by surface water or ground water. This is commonly found in carbonate terrain (limestone and dolomite) in mountainous regions. The rain water infiltrates through the cracks of the rocks in the vertical manner until it reaches the water table and thereafter, it moves horizontally below the surface of water table. The conditions of this process are, (1) exposure of thick limestone cover the ground surface, and (2) limestone cover overlain by non soluble rocks. The discernible character of the karst topography is simply known as caves and sinkholes.

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Singh, A.K. (2018). Speleothems and Climate. In: High Resolution Palaeoclimatic Changes in Selected Sectors of the Indian Himalaya by Using Speleothems. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73597-9_2

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