Mid-late Holocene hydrological changes in the Mahi River, arid western India

Geomorphology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 285-297

  Sridhar, Alpa ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Channel planform; Climate; Holocene; Hydrology; Mahi River; Western India

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID REGION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; MEANDER; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER TERRACE;

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

EID: 34249874638     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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