River response to neotectonic activity: Example from Kerala, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-443

  Valdiya, K S ^a   Narayana, A C ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Fault reactivation; Kerala; Oblique slip movement; Palaeolake; Seismicity; Stream ponding

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESCARPMENT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; MEANDER; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; VEMBANAD LAKE;

EID: 38749093787     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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