Quaternary break-out flood sediments in the Peshawar basin of northern Pakistan

Geomorphology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 225-248

  Cornwell, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOFLOOD; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0032216168     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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