Along-strike escarpment heterogeneity of the Western Ghats: A synthesis of drainage and topography using digital morphometric tools

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-426

  Harbor, David ^a   Gunnell, Yanni ^b  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Drainage; Escarpment; Topography; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; ESCARPMENT; PASSIVE MARGIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 38549091056     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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