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The Geographic, Geological and Oceanographic Setting of the Indus River
Asif Inam,Peter D. Clift,Liviu Giosan,Ali R. Tabrez,Muhammad Tahir,Muhammad Moazam Rabbani,Muhammad Danish +6 more
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The Indus River system was initiated shortly after the collision between the Indian and Eurasian Plates prior to 45 million years ago (Clift et al. as discussed by the authors ), and the discovery of an early advanced civilization in the Indus Valley further increased this interest in the history of the river.Abstract:
. The discovery of an early advanced civilization in the Indus Valley (Meadows and Meadows, 1999 and references therein) further increased this interest in the history of the river. Its source lies in Tibet, close to sacred Mount Kailas and part of its upper course runs through India, but its channel and drainage basin are mostly in Pakiistan. Recent geological and geophysical information suggests that the Indus River system was initiated shortly after the collision between the Indian and Eurasian Plates prior to 45 million years ago (Cliftread more
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Tipping from the Holocene to the Anthropocene: How threatened are major world deltas?
Fabrice G. Renaud,James P. M. Syvitski,James P. M. Syvitski,Zita Sebesvari,Saskia E. Werners,Hartwig Kremer,Claudia Kuenzer,Ramachandran Ramesh,Ad Jeuken,jana Friedrich +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the long-term effects of rapid human interventions in coastal deltas and showed that highly managed states may allow, under specific conditions, for interventions leading to increasingly resilient systems.
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The Indus flood of 2010 in Pakistan: a perspective analysis using remote sensing data
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of geomorphology in flood analysis and management is emphasized and the authors urge the river managers to take urgent steps to incorporate the geomorphic understanding of Himalayan rivers in river management plans.
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Weakening and strengthening of the Indian monsoon during Heinrich events and Dansgaard-Oeschger oscillations
Gaudenz Deplazes,Andreas Lückge,Jan-Berend W Stuut,Jürgen Pätzold,Holger Kuhlmann,Dorothée Husson,Mara Fant,Gerald H. Haug,Gerald H. Haug +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, geochemical and sedimentological data from core SO130-289KL from the Indus submarine slope spanning the last similar to 80 kyr were used to reconstruct its range of environmental impacts.
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Causation and avoidance of catastrophic flooding along the Indus River, Pakistan
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the causes of the 2010 Indus River Flood and found that most damage was caused by dam and barrage-related backwater effects, reduced water and sediment conveyance capacity, and multiple failures of irrigation system levees.
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Sediment fluxes and buffering in the post-glacial Indus Basin
TL;DR: The Indus drainage has experienced major variations in climate since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) that have affected the volumes and compositions of the sediment reaching the ocean since that time as mentioned in this paper.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an integrated view of the characteristics and operation of these important, though hitherto neglected, classes of channels, including the Bedrock river channels. But their work is limited to the case of the Indus River.
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Beyond Power: Bedrock River Incision Process and Form
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