Fluvial response to Late Quaternary climate changes, western India

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2223-2235

  Jain, M ^a,b   Tandon, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

FLUVIAL SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUATERNARY; SEMIARID REGION;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 0142039863     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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