Fluvial dynamics of an anabranching river system in Himalayan foreland basin, Baghmati river, north Bihar plains, India

Geomorphology

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 147-170

  Jain, Vikrant ^a   Sinha, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Anabranching; Avulsion; Himalayan rivers; Indo Gangetic Plains; Interfan; Neotectonic adjustment

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; RIVER SYSTEM;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1942530576     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.07.008     Document Type: Article

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