Mass movement in the Himalaya: New insights and research directions

Geomorphology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 13-35

  Shroder Jr , John F ^a   Bishop, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Mass movement; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

MASS MOVEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECTONICS;

ASIA;

EID: 0032318201     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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