Soil weathering on glacial and glaciofluvial deposits in the Langtang Valley (Central Nepal) and its relation to the glacial history

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 373-387

  Baumler R ^a   Kemp Oberhettinger, M ^a   Zech, W ^a   Heuberger, H ^b   Siebert, A ^a   Madhikarmi, D P ^c   Poudel, K P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Department of Mines and Geology ^*  (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIALGLACIO DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PEDOEGENESIS; PEDOGENESIS; WEATHERING;

NEPAL, LANGTANG VALLEY, KYANGJIN;

EID: 0030440898     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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