The Pinjaur dun (intermontane longitudinal valley) and associated active mountain fronts, NW Himalaya: Tectonic geomorphology and morphotectonic evolution

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 376-394

  Singh, Vimal ^a   Tandon, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Intermontane valley (Dun); Morphotectonic; NW Himalaya; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DRAINAGE BASIN; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; FOLD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; VALLEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; HARYANA; INDIA; PINJAUR; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 55049087836     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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