Uplift along the western margin of the Deccan Basalt Province: Is there any geomorphometric evidence?

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 959-971

  Kale, Vishwas S ^a   Shejwalkar, Nikhil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Active tectonic indices; Geomorphometric analysis; Konkau rivers; Upland rivers; Uplift; Western Ghat

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ARCVIEW; DECCAN TRAPS; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; NEOTECTONICS; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIVER BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 63249105761     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0081-3     Document Type: Article

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