Differential features of alluvial fans in the Pinjaur-Soan Dun, NW Himalaya, India: Controlling factors

Himalayan Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-46

  Kumar, Rohtash ^a   Suresh, N ^a   Sangode, Satish J ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

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