Contents: List of figures, Cenozoic climatic changes in Kashmir, Magnetic stratigraphy of the karewas of the Kashmir valley, Karewa microvertebrates, Fossil diatoms from baltal, karewa beds, Kashmir, Palynostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments, Kashmir, Dendroclimatic studies on the northern trees, Chronology of the Kashmir loess, Contribution of sedimentary and geomorphic data to the knowledge of palaeoclimates in the Nepal Himalayas, Extents of late pleistocene glaciers in Afghanistan based on interpretation of landsat imagery, Neogene-quaternary boundary in central Asia and inter-regional correlation, Upper pleistocene climatic fluctuations and palaeolithic settlement distribution in Soviet central Asia and surrounding territoris, The peculiaritis of the pleistocene palaeosol formations and distribution of embedded palaeolithic tools, Dispersion in porous media:palaeoclimatic implications.