Aggradation, incision and interfluve flooding in the Ganga Valley over the past 100,000years: Testing the influence of monsoonal precipitation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 356-357, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-53

  Roy, N G ^a   Sinha, R ^a   Gibling, M R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Discontinuities; Equilibrium profile; Ganga River; Himalayan foreland; Incision; Interfluves; Monsoon; Palaeoclimate; Valleys

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CLIMATE FORCING; DISCONTINUITY; FLOODING; FORELAND BASIN; INCLUSION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 84864795188     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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