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A 2000-Year Palaeoflood Record from Sakarghat on Narmada, Central India


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1 Department of Geography, University of Pune, Pune 411 007, India
2 Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune 411 006, India
3 Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, United States
     

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A continuous record of the largest Narmada floods over the last 2000 years was obtained from Sakarghat, on the Narmada River from a study of slackwater flood deposits. Two sequences of extreme floods date between ca. 400 and 1000 AD and post-1900 AD. The period, 400-1000 AD representing a period of less frequent but more extreme floods, has been documented in the archaeological record as one of decline of human settlements.
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Authors

Vishwas S. Kale
Department of Geography, University of Pune, Pune 411 007, India
Sheila Mishra
Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune 411 006, India
Victor R. Baker
Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, United States

Abstract


A continuous record of the largest Narmada floods over the last 2000 years was obtained from Sakarghat, on the Narmada River from a study of slackwater flood deposits. Two sequences of extreme floods date between ca. 400 and 1000 AD and post-1900 AD. The period, 400-1000 AD representing a period of less frequent but more extreme floods, has been documented in the archaeological record as one of decline of human settlements.