Remote sensing revealed drainage anomalies and related tectonics of South India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 501, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 41-51

  Ramasamy, S M ^a   Kumanan, C J ^b,c   Selvakumar, R ^b,c   Saravanavel, J ^b  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Active faults; Drainage anomalies; Lineament; Post collision tectonics; South India

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ACTIVE TECTONICS; COMPRESSIVE FORCES; DIGITAL DATAS; EARTH OBSERVING SATELLITE; GEOSCIENTISTS; HILLY AREAS; INDIAN PLATE; LIFE HISTORY; LINEAMENT; POST-COLLISION; SOUTH INDIA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STUDY AREAS;

COASTAL ZONES; REMOTE SENSING;

TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DRAINAGE; EOS; EUSTACY; INDIAN PLATE; ISOSTASY; LINEAMENT; MEANDER; REMOTE SENSING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA;

EID: 79959512993     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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