RS and GIS in mapping of geomorphic records and understanding the local controls of glacial retreat from the Baspa Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1555-1563

  Deota, Bhushan S ^a   Trivedi, Y N ^a   Kulkarni, A V ^b   Bahuguna, I M ^c   Rathore, B P ^c  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Geomorphic records; Glacial retreat; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958851322     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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