Pedogenic processes on the Ganga/Deoha-Ghaghara Interfluve, Upper Gangetic Plains, India

Quaternary International

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-73

  Singh, Satvindar ^a   Parkash, B ^a   Bhosle, Balaji ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FIELD METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL SURVEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751185350     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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