Lacustrine sedimentation in a monsoon environment: The record from Phewa Tal, middle mountain region of Nepal

Geomorphology

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 307-323

  Ross, Jamie ^a   Gilbert, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erosion; Lake sediment; Monsoon; Nepal; Varve

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONSOON; SEDIMENTATION;

NEPAL; PHEWA TAL;

EID: 0033375951     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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