The Mekong river: Morphology, evolution and palaeoenvironment

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-533

  Gupta, Avijit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mekong; River units; Satellite images; Southeast Asia; Tectonic control

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 10244234061     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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