This study provides evidence of the monsoon record over the past 25 ka from the Kilang Sarai palaeolake which is located in NW Himalaya in the rain shadow zone of the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM). The multi-proxy study by using... more
This study provides evidence of the monsoon record over the past 25 ka from the Kilang Sarai palaeolake which is located in NW Himalaya in the rain shadow zone of the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM). The multi-proxy study by using geomorphology, carbon isotopes, mineral magnetism, clay mineralogy and elemental chemistry of a 8 m thick laminated lacustrine sediments indicates that the area experienced fluctuating precipitation conditions during the last 25 ka. The time period between 12 and 5 ka BP can be regarded as a very wet interval of the Last Glacial to mid Holocene due to a combined effect of ISM and Westerlies, followed by aridity after 5 ka BP. Tectonic triggers may have caused the development of terraces and closure of lake. At the millennial time scale, a correlation of precipitation and vegetational changes between our data and other records from similar geographical settings suggests that Kilang Sarai basin responded to periods of strengthening in precipitation during the Last Glacial to early Holocene
Abstract: This article considers to what extent a long distance walk, and indeed the memory of that walk, may generate a narrative, as investigated by theorists such as Roland Barthes, by virtue of the very things central to the... more
Abstract:
This article considers to what extent a long distance walk, and indeed the memory of that walk, may generate a narrative, as investigated by theorists such as Roland Barthes, by virtue of the very things central to the experience of walking in this way. These things include sudden deviations created by unseen contingencies, encounters and subsequent responsive improvisations or simply dynamic shifts in landscape, resulting in pace change or some other alteration of focus. When we speak of, for example, signposting or the cardinal in relation to narrative, to what extent should we take seriously the relationship between terms used in this way and the way in which they are used to provide geographical structure?
Résumé:
Cet article analyse la manière dont une longue marche, puis le souvenir de cette marche, peuvent générer un récit, au sens que donnent à ce terme des théoriciens comme Roland Barthes.et ce à l’aide des caractéristiques propres à l’expérience même d’une marche faite dans cette perspective. Ces caractéristiques incluent par exemple des déviations soudaines crées par des aléas imprévus, des rencontres et toutes sortes d’improvisations auxquelles elles donnent lieu ou tout simplement les changements continuels du paysage qui se traduisent par des changements de rythme ou de focus. Lorsque nous parlons par exemple de signes indicateurs ou de point cardinal en rapport avec le récit, dans quelle mesure devons-nous prendre au sérieux le lien entre de tels mots et la manière dont ils tendent à structurer la géographie ?
