Stability of output fluxes of large rivers in south and east Asia during the last 2 million years: Implications on floodplain processes

Basin Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-303

  Metivier F ^a   Gaudemer, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; QUATERNARY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA;

EID: 0033509543     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1999.00101.x     Document Type: Review

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