Tectonic controls on the morphodynamics of the Brahmaputra River system in the upper Assam valley, India

Geomorphology

Volumn 169-170, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-85

  Lahiri, Siddhartha K ^a,b   Sinha, Rajiv ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Himalayan tectonics; Indo Burmese Arc; River dynamics

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; HIMALAYAS; INDO-BURMA;

EID: 84865295361     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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