Calcretes (synonym: caliches) represent calcium-carbonate accumulations in a variety of
soils (and palaeosols) by pedogenic processes, as well as in surficial sediments in which …

Links between tectonics and regional climate have been extensively studied in Asia.
However, despite decades of research, the relative roles of tectonics and global climate in …

There remains substantial debate concerning the relative roles of tectonics and of global
climate in pacing the evolution of aridity in Central Asia over the Cenozoic. Tibetan Plateau …

This study presents oxygen and carbon isotopic records from lacustrine, paleosol, alluvial,
and fluvial carbonate sampled in thirteen Cenozoic sedimentary sections that span the …

The reconstruction of the sedimentation history of the Himalayan Foreland Basin (HFB)
during the Neogene period holds great importance in unravelling the evolution of South …

The late Cenozoic was a time of global cooling, increased aridity, and expansion of
grasslands. In the last two decades numerous records of oxygen isotopes have been …

Calcretes are abundant in Late Quaternary channel and floodplain strata of the southern
Ganga plains. In a key section at Kalpi, pedogenic carbonates (nodules, rhizoconcretions …

Stable carbon isotope analyses of pedogenic carbonates were conducted on two Siwalik
sections, Jammu–Nandni and Purmandal–Uttarbehani, covering a lateral stretch of∼ 25 km …

Abstract The Plio-Pleistocene transition (1.5–3 million years ago, Ma) is marked by a⁓ 140
ppm drop in atmospheric CO 2 levels, leading to a long-term global cooling. Excess …

The Main Central Thrust shear zone is the dominant crustal thickening feature in the
Himalayas, largely responsible for the extreme relief and mass wasting of the range. Along …