The Pokhara Valley: A product of a natural catastrophe

Geomorphological Landscapes of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 265-274

  Fort, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Debris flows; glaciation; Himalaya; mountain building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859951575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3055-9_27     Document Type: Chapter

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