Landscape modification and geomorphological consequences of the 20th October 1991 earthquake and the July-August 1992 monsoon in the Garhwal Himalaya

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 359-372

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Sharma, Milap C ^a   Bigwood, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; DENUDATION; EARTHQUAKE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MASS MOVEMENT; MONSOON;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS, GARHWAL HIMALAYA;

EID: 0030467410     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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