Fluvial response to late quaternary tectonic changes in the Dhadhar river basin, Mainland Gujarat

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 666-676

  Raj, Rachna ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Dhadhar River Basin; Geomorphology; Gujarat; Palaeodrainage; Quaternary; Tectonism

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12244271523     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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