Tectonic forcing of evolution and Holocene erosion rate of ravines in the Marginal Ganga Plain, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 162, Issue , 2018, Pages 137-147

  Ghosh, R ^a,b   Srivastava, P ^a   Shukla, U K ^b   Singh, I ^a   Champati Ray, P K ^c   Sehgal, R K ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Forebulge tectonics; Marginal Ganga Plain; Ravines; Specific Sediment Yield (SSY)

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; CARTOSAT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; HOLOCENE; IMAGERY; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 85031704670     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.10.014     Document Type: Article

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