Channel avulsions of the Sarda River system, Ganga Plain

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 929-936

  Mitra, Deepali ^a   Tangri, Anjani K ^b   Singh, Indra Bir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b Remote Sensing Applications Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MAPS; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

CHANNEL AVULSIONS; CHRONOLOGY; TECTONIC TILTING; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVULSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; RIVER CHANNEL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GANGES BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13644253129     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000102458     Document Type: Article

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