Geomorphic response to an active transpressive regime: A case study along the Chaman strike-slip fault, western Pakistan

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-264

  Ul Hadi, Shams ^a   Khan, Shuhab D ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^b   Khan, Abdul S ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ASTER; Chaman fault; Geomorphic indices; Remote; Sensing; Transpression

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CHAMAN FAULT; GEOMORPHIC INDICES; REMOTE; SENSING; TRANSPRESSION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOEYE-1; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; INDIAN PLATE; NEOTECTONICS; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; QUATERNARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84874697666     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3272     Document Type: Article

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