The fury of the floods in the north-west Himalayan region: The Kedarnath tragedy

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-201

  Sati, S P ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH TOLLS; FLASH FLOOD; HEAVY RAINFALL; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; RESCUE OPERATIONS; SIMILAR NUMBERS; STILL MISSING;

EARTH SCIENCES; HAZARDS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84883513997     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2013.827135     Document Type: Article

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