Preliminary observations on the Phyto-geographical changes in the Kashmir valley during the Pleistocene

G.S. Puri

doi:10.54991/jop.1957.548

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G.S. Puri Botanical Survey of India, Poona

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1957.548

Abstract

Four stages in the phyto-geographical evolution of the Kashmir Valley since the early Quaternary period have been distinguished by the author based on his investigations of the fairly complete sequence of fossil floras from the Pir Panjal range.

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