On the controls of fluvial hazards in the north Bihar plains, eastern India

Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication

Volumn 15, Issue , 1998, Pages 35-40

  Sinha, Rajiv ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 80051953017     PISSN: 02679914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.ENG.1998.015.01.04     Document Type: Article

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