Is the Sind-Rajasthan desert the result of a recent climatic change?

Meher-Homji, V. M. (1973) Is the Sind-Rajasthan desert the result of a recent climatic change? Geoforum, 4 (3). pp. 47-57. ISSN 0016-7185

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Abstract

The author reviews the problem whether the Sind-Rajasthan desert of the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent is of recent origin and which factors are responsible for its creation: climatic change, shifting of rivers, floods, or yet social causes such as wars and man's abuse of his environment resulting in ecological imbalance.

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