Catastrophic hydrological event of 18 and 19 September 2010 in Uttarakhand, Indian Central Himalaya - an analysis of rainfall and slope failure

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-331

  Sharma, Subrat ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Advance warning system; Cloud movement; Himalaya; Landslide; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864815515     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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