Diatom records in tropical settings have been used to appraise paleomonsoons throughout
the Quaternary period due to their ubiquitous presence, rapid response, and preservation in …

Mountainous regions are prone to multiple hazards, which often result in loss of life and
damage to property. Despite being prone to multiple hazards, the Himalayan Region has a …

Continuous multiproxy data were generated to understand the mid–late Holocene
palaeoenvironmental history of the Kashmir Valley and the biogeochemistry of Wular Lake …

The semi-arid Ladakh region in the Trans Himalaya forms an environmental boundary
between North Atlantic and monsoon forcings. Its location in the transient setting of these …

This paper is an effort to highlight the importance, possible threats, conservation, and
promotion of the loess–palaeosol sediments exposed as Quaternary sediments of Karewa …

Landform geomorphology and glacial lake deposits in the largest drainage basin of the
Ladakh Range ie Chang La-Tangtse basin were studied to infer their palaeoclimatic …

Snow-avalanches are responsible for loss of life and damage to infrastructure in
mountainous areas across the world. The present study aims to integrate traditional …

Abstract The Ladakh Range in the Trans Himalaya houses sub-routes of the Silk route
through its passes (La in local language) which may have been the main commercial and …

Ladakh lies at a strategic location between the Indus River valley and the Hindu Khush
Mountains, which makes the “Land of high passes” one of the major routes of movement …

A model of the environmental and climatic conditions in the Ladakh Himalaya is presented
by studying the lake sedimentation records preserved in the Shey area of Leh, India. The …