A mid-late Holocene flood record from the alluvial reach of the Mahi River, Western India

Catena

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-339

  Sridhar, Alpa ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mahi River; Palaeofloods; Slackwater deposits; Western India

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBONATE; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DISSECTION; FLOODED SOIL; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOFLOOD; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SLAKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHI RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249775209     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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