Holocene Climate Change and Environment

1st Edition - September 21, 2021
Editors: Navnith Kumaran, Damodaran Padmalal
Language: English
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Holocene Climate Change and Environment presents detailed, diverse case studies from a range of environmental and geological regions on the Indian subcontinent which occupies the central part of the monsoon domain. This book examines Holocene events at different time intervals based on a new, high-resolution, multi-proxy records (pollen, spores, NPP, diatoms, grain size characteristics, total organic carbon, carbon/nitrogen ratio, stable isotopes) and other physical tools from all regions of India. It also covers new facilities in chronological study and luminescence dating, which have added a new dimension toward understanding the Holocene glacial retreats evolution of coastal landforms, landscape dynamics and human evolution.

Each chapter is presented with a unified structure for ease of access and application, including an introduction, geographic details, field work and sampling techniques, methods, results and discussion. This detailed examination of such an important region provides key insights in climate modeling and global prediction systems.

Cover Image
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The prelude to the Holocene: tropical Asia during the Pleistocene
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Scope, methodology, and data sources
1.3 Pliocene demise of Indian wet tropical forests
1.4 Pleistocene vegetation and climate change across India and Southeast Asia
1.5 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 2 Contemporary dynamics and Holocene extent of glaciers in the Himalayas
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Scope
2.3 Methodology and processes
2.4 Fieldwork and sampling techniques
2.5 Observations and results
2.6 Discussion
2.7 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 3 Holocene climatic record of Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Scope
3.3 Methodology and processes
3.4 Field work and sampling techniques
3.5 Observations and results
3.6 Discussion
3.7 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 4 Late Holocene advancements of denudational and depositional fronts in the Higher Himalaya: A case study from Chandra valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Scope
4.3 Methods
4.4 Field observations and documentation
4.5 Inferences from profiling
4.6 Discussion
4.7 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 5 Holocene regional-scale behavior of the rivers of Indian Peninsula
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Scope of the study
5.3 The Peninsular rivers: fluvial geomorphology and hydrology
5.4 The Pleistocene fluvial records in the Peninsular river valleys
5.5 Variability in the monsoon regime during the Holocene
5.6 Observations and discussion
5.7 Holocene regional-scale river behavior vis-à-vis the monsoon variability
5.8 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 6 Holocene vegetation and climate change from central India: An updated and a detailed pollen-based review
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Scope
6.3 Study area, vegetation, and climate
6.4 Results and discussion: regional and global contextualization
6.5 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 7 Holocene climate and sea-level changes and their impact on ecology, vegetation and landforms in South Kerala Sedimentary Basin, India
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Scope
7.3 Material and methods
7.4 Fieldwork and sampling techniques
7.5 Observations and results
7.6 Discussion
7.7 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 8 Reading source, Holocene climate change and monsoon signatures in surface and core sediments from western Bay of Bengal
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Methodology
8.3 Results and discussion
8.4 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 9 Holocene environmental magnetic records of Indian monsoon fluctuations
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Scope of the study
9.3 Methodology and processes
9.4 Results
9.5 Composite S-ratio map and paleomonsoon rainfall fluctuations
9.6 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 10 Application of tree rings in understanding long-term variability in river discharge of high Himalayas, India
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Scope
10.3 Methodology
10.4 Observations and results
10.5 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 11 Potential utility of Himalayan tree-ring δ18O to reveal spatial patterns of past drought variability—Its assessments and implications
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The scope of the present study
11.3 Fieldwork and sampling technique
11.4 Methodology and processes
11.5 Results
11.6 Discussion
11.7 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 12 Bond events and monsoon variability during Holocene—Evidence from marine and continental archives
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Scope
12.3 Methodology
12.4 Observations
12.5 Discussion
12.6 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 13 Indian Summer Monsoon variability on different timescales and deciphering its oscillations from irregularly spaced paleoclimate data using different spectral techniques
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Scope
13.3 Methodology and processes
13.4 Results
13.5 Discussion
13.6 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 14 Monsoon variability in the Indian subcontinent—A review based on proxy and observational datasets
Abstract
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Scope
14.3 Methodology and processes
14.4 Observations and results
14.5 Discussion
14.6 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 15 Holocene hydroclimatic shifts across the Indian subcontinent: A review based on interarchival coherences
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Scope
15.3 Present-day climatic regimes within the Indian subcontinent
15.4 Indian Summer Monsoon and its teleconnections
15.5 Methodology
15.6 Observations based on interproxy coherences
15.7 Discussion
15.8 Learning and knoledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 16 Application of precipitation isotopes in pursuit of paleomonsoon reconstruction: An Indian perspective
Abstract
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Scope of the work
16.3 Methodology and processes
16.4 Results
16.5 Discussion
16.6 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 17 Mangrove Ostracoda species fluctuations, habitual adaptation, and its environmental implications—A review
Abstract
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Scope of the study
17.3 Results and Discussion
17.4 Learning and knowledge outcomes
References
Chapter 18 Late Quaternary landscape evolution of Peninsular India: A review based on fluvial archives
Abstract
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Scope
18.3 Methodology and data sources
18.4 Observations and results
18.5 Discussion
18.6 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 19 The imprints of Holocene climate and environmental changes in the South Mahanadi Delta and the Chilika lagoon, Odisha, India—An overview
Abstract
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Scope of the study
19.3 Methodology
19.4 Observation and results
19.5 Discussion
19.6 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 20 Holocene changes in fluvial geomorphology, depositional environments, and evolution of coastal wetlands—A multiproxy study from Southwest India
Abstract
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Scope
20.3 Study area
20.4 Materials and methods
20.5 Results
20.6 Discussion
20.7 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 21 Holocene evolution of coastal wetlands—A case study from Southern Kerala, India
Abstract
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Scope
21.3 Study area
21.4 Materials and methods
21.5 Field work and sampling techniques
21.6 Results
21.7 Discussion
21.8 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 22 Late Quaternary geoarcheology and palynological studies of some saline lakes of the Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India
Abstract
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Scope
22.3 Observations
22.4 Discussion
22.5 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 23 Late Quaternary geoarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental aspects of Kurnool Basin in the Indian Peninsula
Abstract
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Scope
23.3 Study area
23.4 Billa Surgam investigations
23.5 Investigations in the Jurreru Valley
23.6 Palaeolithic sites and dated lithic and symbolic artifact assemblages
23.7 The Middle and Late Palaeolithic typology and technology
23.8 Neolithic Kunderu Tradition during the Late Holocene
23.9 Challenges and solutions
23.10 Post KAP developments in Indian prehistory
23.11 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 24 Holocene vegetation, climate, and culture in Northeast India: a pollen data–based review
Abstract
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Scope
24.3 General climatic conditions
24.4 Monsoon
24.5 Methodology
24.6 Holocene vegetation and climatic records
24.7 Discussion
24.8 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 25 Late Holocene vegetation, climate dynamics, and human-environment interaction along Konkan coast, India
Abstract
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Scope
25.3 Methodology and processes
25.4 Fieldwork and sampling techniques
25.5 Observations and results
25.6 Discussion
25.7 Learning and knowledge outcomes
Acknowledgments
References
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