About the Authors

Maya K.

Affiliation National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thuruvaikkal P O, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Vishnu Mohan S.

Affiliation National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thuruvaikkal P O, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Ruta B. Limaye

Affiliation Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group, Palynology and Palaeoclimate Laboratory, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Damodaran Padmalal

Affiliation National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thuruvaikkal P O, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Navnith K. P. Kumaran

kpnkumaran@aripune.org

Affiliation Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group, Palynology and Palaeoclimate Laboratory, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

The authors have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MK DP VMS NKPK. Data curation: MK DP VMS RBL NKPK. Formal analysis: DP MK VMS RBL NKPK. Funding acquisition: DP MK VMS NKPK RBL. Investigation: MK DP VMS RBL NKPK. Methodology: MK DP VMS RBL NKPK. Project administration: DP NKPK. Resources: DP VMS NKPK. Software: VMS RBL. Supervision: DP NKPK. Validation: NKPK DP. Visualization: NKPK DP RBL VMS. Writing – original draft: DP VMS NKPK RBL MK. Writing – review & editing: NKPK DP RBL.