Geophysical Characterization of the Salna Sinking Zone, Garhwal Himalaya, India

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-119

  Sastry, Rambhatla G ^a   Mondal, Suman K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b Strategy and Operations   (India)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity tomography; Geohazards; Gravity survey; Induced polarization tomography; Landslides; Sinking zone; Slope stability study

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HAZARDS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; MICROGRAVITY; POLARIZATION; SLOPE STABILITY;

COMMUNICATION FACILITIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEO-HAZARDS; GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GRAVITY SURVEY; INDUCED POLARIZATION; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

FAULTING;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAVITY SURVEY; HETEROGENEITY; INDUCED POLARIZATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; LANDSLIDE; LINEAMENT; LITHOLOGY; MASS WASTING; SLOPE STABILITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TOMOGRAPHY;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LESSER HIMALAYAS; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84871485000     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-012-9206-y     Document Type: Review

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