Migration of the Ganga River and development of cliffs in the Varanasi region, India during the late Quaternary: Role of active tectonics

Geomorphology

Volumn 171-172, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-113

  Shukla, U K ^a   Srivastava, P ^b   Singh, I B ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Channel incision; Fluvial sedimentation; Foreland basin; Ganga River; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FLOODPLAIN; FOLD; FORELAND BASIN; LITHOFACIES; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOTECTONICS; REVERSE FAULT; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

GANGES RIVER; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

EID: 84865563663     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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