Geomorphology, tectonism and sedimentation in the Nal region, western India

Geomorphology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 207-223

  Prasad, Sushma ^a   Pandarinath, K ^a   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0032216195     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00042-7     Document Type: Article

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