Late Pleistocene alluvial plain sedimentation in Lower Narmada Valley, Western India: Palaeoenvironmental implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-444

  Bhandari, S ^a   Maurya, D M ^a   Chamyal, L S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Fluvial aggradation; Large river; Late Pleistocene; Lower Narmada valley; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; NARMADA BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12744261730     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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