Tectonic controls on the geomorphic evolution of alluvial fans in the Piedmont Zone of Ganga Plain, Uttarakhand, India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-259

  Goswami, Pradeep K ^a   Pant, Charu C ^a   Pandey, Shefali ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 68049086639     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-009-0012-y     Document Type: Article

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