River response to Quaternary climatic fluctuations: evidence from the Son and Belan valleys, north-central India

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 2619-2631

  Williams, M A J ^a   Pal, J N ^b   Jaiswal, M ^c   Singhvi, A K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; LUMINESCENCE; RIVERS;

AGGRADATION; QUATERNARY CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE; VERTICAL INCISION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; MONSOON; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; BELAN VALLEY; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; LAKE TOBA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SON VALLEY; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 33748712722     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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