Dynamic fluvial systems and gravel progradation in the Himalayan foreland
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عنوان ژورنال: Geological Society of America Bulletin
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0016-7606,1943-2674
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<394:dfsagp>2.0.co;2