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The Himalaya [PDF]

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, 1913
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L., T. G., de Filippi, Filippo
openaire   +2 more sources

Preliminary Appraisal of a Correlation Between Glaciations and Large Igneous Provinces Over the Past 720 Million Years

open access: yesGeophysical Monograph Series, Page 169-190., 2021

Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact

An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Nasrrddine Youbi   +9 more
wiley  

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Ladakh and Zanskar

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2006
The Himalayan mountain chain is orographically fragmented, both in the east-west and in the north-south directions. The latter area is characterised by a greater landscape diversity, owing to its zonality and the vertical zonation of both climate and ...
Zgorzelski Marek
doaj   +1 more source

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF YAK, DZOMO, AND HILL CATTLE MILK FROM THE NORTHERN HIMALAYAS [PDF]

open access: yesExploratory Animal and Medical Research
The current investigation was aimed to assess the physicochemical and bacteriological quality of raw milk (N=223) obtained from Yaks, Yak hybrids (Dzomo) and Indigenous hill cattle (Pahari) reared in high-altitude regions of the Northern Himalayas ...
Richa Negi, Atul Kumar
doaj   +1 more source

An Assessment of Sustainability of Rural Areas of Upper Beas Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India

open access: yesStudia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne, 2020
Subject and purpose of work: The study aims to assess the sustainability of rural areas of Western Himalayas during the year 2019.
Jolli Virat
doaj   +1 more source

Preserving Offerings, Prolonging Merit: Efficacy, Skillful Means, and Re-purposing in Plastic Buddhist Material Culture in Contemporary Sikkim

open access: yesWorldwide Waste, 2023
Despite official bans, public criticism and concern over pollution, plastics are widely used in Buddhist material culture in the Indian Himalayan state of Sikkim.
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding production possibility frontiers and utility values of ecosystem services in the Himalayas: An analysis of the supply-demand divide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Nature's services to humanity − ecosystem services (ES) − have been at the centre of natural resource management scholarship for the last few decades. Yet, quantification of ES supply and its economic valuation have dominated the academia.
Aryal, Kishor   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Phytochemical Composition and Bioactivity of Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth Essential Oil With Spectral Characterisation of Pinocarvone Using NMR Techniques

open access: yesFlavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) EO: in‐depth chemical and biological investigation. ABSTRACT Species of the genus Elsholtzia (Lamiaceae) have been traditionally used in folk medicine and are known for their diverse biological properties. However, the chemical composition and bioactivity of the essential oil from Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth.
Priyanka Bhatt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species of the Genus Viola Found in the Western Himalayas

open access: yes, 2023
The genus Viola (Violaceae) has over 500 species found worldwide. The Violaceae family is well-known for its ethnobotanical uses for treating a variety of illnesses say, fever, common cold, cough, flu, sores, and ulcers as established in the literature ...
Sohal, HS   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Collective responsibility and environmental caretaking: toward an ecological care ethic with evidence from Bhutan

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2023
Attention to environmental caretaking practices of Indigenous, traditional, and rural societies is an important strategy for Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination, as well as for greater ecological sustainability and resilience.
Elizabeth Allison
doaj   +1 more source

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