Last Glacial Maximum and subsequent glacial chronology in the monsoon-dominated Sikkim Himalaya, India

Kumar, Parvendra; Sharma, Milap Chand; Deswal, Sanjay; Manna, Ishita; Chakraborty, Elora; Prakash, Satya

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111480

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“…Madhya Pradesh (21°N–27°N: 74°E–82°E) and Chhattisgarh (18°N–24°N: 79°E–85°E) are the two main states/regions of central India, located within the central Indian CMZ (Quamar et al, 2024). The study area, in general, is a flat region utilised for agricultural practice by the local inhabitants.…”

Section: Study Area Geology and Soilmentioning

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“…The distribution pattern of vegetation is strongly dependent on the climatic conditions (precipitation, temperature), soil characteristic and altitude, as well as on human impact (Chen et al, 2006;Faegri & Iversen, 1964;Gasse et al, 1991;Ivanov et al, 2007;Kar et al, 2022;Kar & Quamar, 2019;Mishra et al, 2022;Quamar & Kar, 2020b;Sun & Wu, 1987 and references cited therein). Moreover, characterising pollen, which is produced by the vegetation itself, and its spatial distribution in a geological past regarding the existing vegetation structure of an area is crucial for understanding past climatic changes (Birks & Birks, 1980Gaillard et al, 1992;Gosling et al, 2005;Jackson & Williams, 2004;Kar & Quamar, 2019;Mohanty et al, 2024;Quamar, 2020;Quamar & Kar, 2020a;Quamar et al, 2023Quamar et al, , 2024Traverse, 1988 and references cited therein). Rational knowledge and understanding of modern pollen-vegetation relationship is, moreover, imperative and prerequisite for the reconstruction of past vegetation and climate change through studying the fossil pollen records (Bradshaw & Webb, 1985;Birks & Berglund, 2018;Faegri & Iversen, 1989;Jackson, 1994).…”

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Multiproxy studies on the spatially distinct surface samples to reconstruct palaeoecology and palaeoclimate from the Core Monsoon Zone of India

Quamar,

Thakur,

Sharma

et al. 2024

Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India

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Palaeoclimatic reconstructions necessitate an understanding of the various biotic and abiotic responses to develop a modern analogue. The interpretation and calibration of the modern data allow us to check the lead-lag effect in different proxy parameters, which could be applied for robust palaeoclimatic reconstructions. We, in the present study, analysed pollen and diatom (biotic proxies), as well as grain size, magnetic susceptibility and geochemistry (abiotic components) of the modern soil samples, collected from the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the Core of the Monsoon Zone (CMZ) in central India. The weathered materials of the Palaeocene Cretaceous extrusive rocks and sedimentary rocks of the Late Triassic to the Upper Carboniferous are underlying the soil cover in these areas, respectively. The study revealed that the overall pollen and diatom preservation is comparatively good in the areas where the Palaeocene Cretaceous extrusive rocks are found except for the areas of human settlements, whereas the preservation of pollen and diatom was comparatively poor in areas where sedimentary rocks of the Late Triassic to Upper Carboniferous are found. The most plausible reason for this difference is the availability of nutrients which are supplied more abundantly by the easily weatherable Deccan basalt rocks compared to their sedimentary counterparts. The present study will serve as baseline information about biotic-abiotic interactions operating in the central Indian Core Monsoon Zone (CMZ). Since the intensity and duration of the rainfall in the CMZ are largely governed by the annual Indian summer monsoon rainfall (AISMR), therefore, the present study could help trace the weak or intense monsoon periods (break and active spells, respectively) of the past hundreds to thousands of years by studying the sediment profiles/cores.

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