Sediment fluxes and buffering in the post-glacial Indus Basin

Basin Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 369-386

  Clift, P D ^a,b   Giosan, L ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CLIMATE VARIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRAVEL TIME;

INDUS BASIN;

EID: 84900396188     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12038     Document Type: Article

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