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Abrasion-set limits on Himalayan gravel flux

Abrasion-set limits on Himalayan gravel flux

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Abrasion-set limits on Himalayan gravel flux

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Abrasion-set limits on Himalayan gravel flux

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2017-04, Vol.544 (7651), p.471-474

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

The amount of coarse gravel transported out of the Himalayan mountains by rivers is insensitive to catchment size, because the majority of gravel sourced more than 100 kilometres upstream of the mountain front is abraded into sand before it reaches the Ganga Plain.
Finely ground Himalayan gravel
Understanding what happens to coarse gravel dur...

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Abrasion-set limits on Himalayan gravel flux

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1892724553

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1892724553

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature22039

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