The Chambal Badlands

World Geomorphological Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 143-149

  Joshi, Veena Uday ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Badlands; Chambal; Gullies; Lineament; Monsoon; Ravines; Rejuvenation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937479299     PISSN: 22132090     EISSN: 22132104     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8029-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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