Kosi megafan: Historical records, geomorphology and the recent avulsion of the Kosi River

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-160

  Chakraborty, Tapan ^a   Kar, Rimpal ^a   Ghosh, Parthasarathi ^a   Basu, Sounak ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; MEANDER; PALEOCHANNEL; STREAM;

KOSI RIVER;

EID: 77957911031     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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