Abstract:
Systematic palaeoclimatic study of the glacio-lacustrine sediments using multiproxy data in
Pindari glacier area, Central Himalaya has helped in better understanding of the climatic
fluctuations since the last 7 Ka. The palynological data supported by the environmental
magnetic parameters suggests that the climate of the Pindar valley was cold and dry during
7 ka BP followed by five different vegetational shifts. The studies further suggest that since
the last 300 yr BP, the climate has been warm and moist. It has to be ascertained weather the
present phase of warming as inferred from the current phase of deglaciation is anthropogenic
or is the continuation of the warm period that was initiated prior to the anthropocene time
around 300 years B.P.
