Application of lichenometry to slided materials in the Higher Himalayan landslide zone

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1032-1036

  Gupta, Vikram ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Higher Himalaya; Landslide; Lichenometry; Pawari landslide zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644436944     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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