Late Quaternary (Holocene) landscape evolution of a monsoon-influenced high Himalayan valley, Gori Ganga, Nanda Devi, NE Garhwal

Geomorphology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-110

  Barnard, Patrick L ^a,b   Owen, Lewis A ^a   Sharma, Milap C ^c   Finkel, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Denudation rates; Garhwal Himalaya; Glaciation; Quaternary; Terrace and fan development

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DOWNCUTTING; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RIVER TERRACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; GORI VALLEY; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NANDA DEVI; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 2942642055     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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