Tectonic forcing of longitudinal valleys in the Himalaya: Morphological analysis of the Ladakh Batholith, North India

Geomorphology

Volumn 58, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 49-65

  Jamieson, S S R ^a   Sinclair, H D ^a   Kirstein, L A ^a   Purves, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DEM; Himalayas; Indus; Ladakh; Longitudinal valley; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; NEOTECTONICS; VALLEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 1542783998     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00185-5     Document Type: Article

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