Myrmica elmesisp. n. is described from Himalaya. This species belongs to the pachei group of Myrmica speciesand is distinct from the species described in this group hitherto, which is represented by 14 species including three from Indian Himalaya. Myrmica elmesi is the fourth species of the diverse pachei group found in Himalaya; it was collected from the transitional zone and is described with...

There are no population-based data available on cancer pattern in Kashmir and our study is the first kind which represents the trend in cancer pattern in the valley. The source of our data were cancer patients registered in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, and Department of Radiation Oncology, SMHS, Srinagar during the period Jan 2002 ...

Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs were analysed from 35 modern moss cushions collected along an altitudinal gradient (2225–2552 m a.s.l.) the Baramulla District of Jammu Kashmir State (Western Himalaya), India. The selected sampling altitude is at elevation appearance blue pine (Pinus wallichiana) West Himalayan spruce or morinda (Picea smithiana). We used cluster analysis principal component ...

Most mountain ranges are flanked by foredeep basins, and in general neither the ranges nor the basins are in local isostatic equilibrium. The basins are overcompensated whereas the ranges themselves are usually undercompensated, I describe a method of analysing gravity anomalies over mountain ranges assuming that the topography is supported by the elastic strength of the continental lithosphere...

[1] Along the southern Himalayan topographic front, the Indian summer monsoon modulates erosive processes and rates. To investigate the influence of topography and relief on rainfall generation and resultant erosion, we processed satellite rainfall amounts for the last 8 years (1998–2005) from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM). Based upon a spatial resolution of 5 5 km for the Hi...