Quaternary fans and terraces in the Khumbu Himal south of Mount Everest: Their characteristics, age and formation

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-399

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33644757810     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-157     Document Type: Article

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