Modern climate and erosion in the Himalaya

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 344, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 610-626

  Burbank, Douglas W ^a   Bookhagen, Bodo ^a   Gabet, Emmanuel J ^b   Putkonen, Jaakko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Erosion; Himalaya; Meteorological network; Nepal; Rainfall; Topography

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; EROSION RATE; GRAIN SIZE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINBAND; RAINFALL; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84870767816     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2012.10.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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