Luminescence chronometry and Late Quaternary geomorphic history of the Ganga Plain, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-41

  Srivastava, P ^a,c   Singh, I B ^b   Sharma, M ^b   Singhvi, A K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fluvial geomorphology; Ganga Plain; Luminescence dating; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

GANGA PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 0042203866     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00384-5     Document Type: Article

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