Neotectonic study of Ganga and Yamuna tear faults, NW Himalaya, using remote sensing and GIS

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 499-518

  Sahoo, Pradeep K ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Singh, Ramesh P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; GIS; LINEAMENT; NEOTECTONICS; REMOTE SENSING;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0034652023     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210713     Document Type: Article

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