Weathering processes on rock surfaces in the Hunza Valley, Karakoram, North Pakistan

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 119, Issue , 1999, Pages 119-136

  Waragai, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0033367987     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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