August 2012 cloudburst and subsequent flash flood in the asi ganga, a tributary of the Bhagirathi river, Garhwal Himalaya, India

Current Science

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-253

  Gupta, Vikram ^a   Dobhal, D P ^a   Vaideswaran, S C ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cloudburst; Flash flood; Garhwal; Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881356226     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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