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Monsoon is one of the complex rain bearing features of Earth’s climate. The Asian Monsoon System (ASM) is a large and most extensive monsoon pattern in the world as well as important component of global climate system.

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Singh, A.K. (2018). Introduction. In: High Resolution Palaeoclimatic Changes in Selected Sectors of the Indian Himalaya by Using Speleothems. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73597-9_1

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