Bedload-to-suspended load ratio and rapid bedrock incision from Himalayan landslide-dam lake record

Quaternary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-120

  Pratt Sitaula, Beth ^a   Garde, Michelle ^a,b   Burbank, Douglas W ^a   Oskin, Michael ^c   Heimsath, Arjun ^d   Gabet, Emmanuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KLEINFELDER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedload; Bedrock incision; Himalaya; Landslide dam; Nepal; Suspended load

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BEDLOAD; BEDROCK; DAM; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANDAKI; MARSYANDI RIVER; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34250782738     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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