River response to continuing movements along the active faults in the Siang valley, North-Eastern Himalaya, India

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-468

  Misra, D K ^a   Srivastava, Pradeep ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BEDROCK; CENOZOIC; FURROW IRRIGATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MEANDER; PROTEROZOIC; RIVER TERRACE; SHEAR ZONE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 73949129333     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2009/0053-0455     Document Type: Article

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