Drainage morphometry of Himalayan Glacio-fluvial basin, India: Hydrologic and neotectonic implications

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1163-1174

  Bali, Rameshwar ^a   Agarwal, K K ^a   Ali, S Nawaz ^a   Rastogi, S K ^a   Krishna, Kalyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Glacio fluvial Basin; Himalaya; Morphometric analysis; Neotectonics; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

FLASH FLOOD; GLACIO-FLUVIAL BASIN; HIMALAYAS; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; NEOTECTONICS; WATER INFILTRATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER;

INFILTRATION;

DRAINAGE; FLASH FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MORPHOMETRY; NEOTECTONICS; PERMEABILITY; RAINWATER; SNOWMELT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84861767550     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1324-1     Document Type: Article

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