Terrain response to the extreme rainfall event of June 2013: Evidence from the Alaknanda and Mandakini River Valleys, Garhwal Himalaya India

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 179-188

  Sundriyal, Y P ^a   Shukla, Anil D ^b   Rana, Naresh ^a   Jayangondaperumal, R ^c   Srivastava, Pradeep ^c   Chamyal, L S ^d   Sati, S P ^a   Juyal, Navin ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^d M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; LANDSLIDE; MORAINE; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TERRAIN; VALLEY;

ALAKNANDA VALLEY; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; MANDAKINI VALLEY; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84946121230     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2015/v38i3/004     Document Type: Article

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