Neotectonic control on drainage system in gangetic plain, Uttar Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 599-609

  Singh, I B ^a   Ansari, A A ^a   Chandel, R S ^a   Misra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Drainage; Gangetic plain; Lineaments; Neotectonics; Uttar Pradesh

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; LINEAMENT; NEOTECTONICS; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHY;

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 0030474451     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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