Control of tectonics and climate on Chhoti Gandak River Basin, East Ganga Plain, India

Himalayan Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-154

  Singh, D S ^a   Awasthi, A ^a   Bhardwaj, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

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