Paleofloods records in Himalaya

Geomorphology

Volumn 284, Issue , 2017, Pages 17-30

  Srivastava, P ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Chaudhary, S ^b   Meena, N ^a   Sundriyal, Y P ^c   Rawat, S ^a   Rana, N ^c   Perumal, R J ^a   Bisht, P ^c   Sharma, D ^c   Agnihotri, R ^d   Bagri, D S ^c   Juyal, N ^e   Wasson, R J ^f   Ziegler, A D ^g  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^e PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chronology; GLOF; Himalayan rivers; ISM; LLOF; Paleoclimate; Paleofloods

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; OUTBURST; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOFLOOD; RECONSTRUCTION;

ALAKNANDA RIVER; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; INDUS RIVER; MANDAKINI RIVER; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 85009397559     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.12.011     Document Type: Article

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