Growth and lateral propagation of fault-related folds in the Siwaliks of western Nepal: Rates, mechanisms, and geomorphic signature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Champel, Bénédicte ^a   van der Beek, Peter ^a   Mugnier, Jean Louis ^a   Leturmy, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Fault related folding; Landscape evolution; Numerical modeling; River dynamics; Siwalik

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULTING; FOLDING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NEPAL; SIWALIKS;

EID: 0037054693     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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