Observations on the relationship between lake formation, permafrost activity and lithalsa development during the last 20 000 years in the Tso Kar Basin, Ladakh, India
High mountain ; India ; Jammu and Kashmir ; Lacustrine sediment ; Lake level ; Palaeogeography ; Palsa ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Quaternary ; Sedimentary structure ; Stratigraphy ; Thermokarst