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Neotectonism in the Indian subcontinent : landscape evolution /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2017.
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| Colección: | Developments in earth surface processes ;
22. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover
- Neotectonism in the Indian Subcontinent: Landscape Evolution
- Copyright
- Contents
- Editorial Foreword
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: The Dynamic Indian Crust
- Crustal Plate in Tectonic Turmoil
- Forces Driving the Indian Crust
- Northwards-Moving Indian Continent
- Accommodation of Continental Convergence
- Neotectonism
- Indicators of Neotectonism
- Chapter 2: India: An Assemblage of Multiple Terranes
- Cratons of the Peninsular IndianShield
- Proterozoic Mobile Belts
- Proterozoic Continent-Interior BasinsGondwana Graben Domain
- Cretaceous Volcanic Province
- Pericratonic Sedimentary Basins
- Cenozoic Himalayan Mobile Belt
- Sindhu-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plains
- India-Myanmar Border Ranges and Andaman Island Arc
- Chapter 3: Himalayan Mobile Belt: The Main Arc
- Physiographic Setting
- Physiographic Subdivisions
- Drainage Peculiarities
- Tectonic Boundaries of Terranes
- Indus-Tsangpo Suture
- Trans-Himadri Detachment Fault
- Main Central Thrust
- Main Boundary Thrust
- Himalayan Frontal Thrust
- Structural DesignSiwalik Subprovince
- Lesser Himalaya Terrane
- Great Himalaya (Himadri) Domain
- Tethys Himalaya Subprovince
- Transverse Faults
- Central Sector
- Eastern Sector
- Western Sector
- Active Faults: Cause and Manifestation
- Karakoram Fault Zone
- Nubra-Shyok `Suture Zone
- Pangong Range and Pangong Tso
- Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone
- Kailas Region
- Ladakh Region
- Skardu Basin
- Tethys Terrane
- Zanskar Domain
- Basement-Sediment Detachment Zone
- Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh
- Kashmir
- Southcentral NepalHimadri (Great Himalaya) Domain
- Lesser Himalaya Subprovince
- Uttarakhand
- Nepal
- Main Boundary Fault
- Nepal-Bhutan-Arunachal
- Uttarakhand
- Intrabasinal Faults in Siwalik and Duns
- Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu Region
- The Duns
- Eastern Sector
- The Himalayan Frontal Fault
- Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Dislocation of Himalayan Frontal Thrust
- Seismicity in the Himalayan Province
- Earthquakes in the Historical Past
- Narrow Belts of High Seismicity in Central SectorLarge Transverse Pockets of High Seismicity
- Great Earthquakes
- Continental Convergence and Strain Buildup
- Sectoral Slip Rates
- Uplift and Crustal Shortening
- GPS Testimony
- Himalayan Uplift Versus Erosion
- Landform Evolution and Changes
- Climactic Event
- A Period of Tectonic Stability
- Strong Uplift and Advent of the Monsoon
- Formation and Effacement of Lakes
- Convulsive Tectonic Movement
- Early Man: Witness to Landscape Modification