Fluvial systems of the drylands of western India: A synthesis of Late Quaternary environmental and tectonic changes

Quaternary International

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-86

  Chamyal, L S ^a   Maurya, D M ^a   Raj, Rachna ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 0037248777     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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