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Active tectonics of Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya /

9789811082436

981108243X

9789811082429

9811082421

Active tectonics of Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya /

[Book]

R. Jayangondaperumal, V.C. Thakur, V. Joevivek, Priyanka Singh Rao, Anil Kumar Gupta.

Singapore :

Springer,

[2018]

1 online resource (XVI, 150 pages) :

87 illustrations in color

Springer Natural Hazards,

2365-0656

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Mapping of Active Faults -- Chapter 3. Active Faults in Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya -- Chapter 4. Concluding Comments and Structure of Online Interactive Active Fault Database.

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The book contributes to understanding the pattern of strain release and the level of seismic hazard imposed by large-great earthquakes in the frontal fold-thrust belts of Kumaun and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand. The motivation for active fault studies and their characterization have been emphasized. The book presents the compilation of knowledge garnered in multidisciplinary or proxy studies involved in the understanding of seismic hazard in general and Kumaun-Garhwal Himalaya regions in particular with lucid new maps draped on modern Cartosat or SRTM DEM data. It also discusses satellite image calibration, active faults identifications, and map productions with flowchart. The book discusses window-wise active fault elements with attributes together with the tectonic geomorphic map. It also includes active fault scarp with topographic profile along with field photographs. Finally, it reviews all existing seismotectonic models of the Himalaya, its earthquake hazard, and its vulnerability, specifically for Kumaun and Garhwal regions.

Springer Nature

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9789811082429

Faults (Geology)-- Himalaya Mountains Region.

Geology, Structural-- Himalaya Mountains Region.

Geology, Structural-- India-- Uttarakhand.

Geology, Structural-- Kumaun Himalaya.

Plate tectonics-- Himalaya Mountains Region.

Earth sciences.

Geology, Structural.

Geotechnical engineering.

Natural disasters.

SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Geography.

SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Geology.

SCI-- 030000

SCI-- 031000

Jayangondaperumal, R.

Gupta, Anil K.,1960-

Joevivek, V.

Rao, Priyanka Singh

Thakur, V. C.

20200823222431.0

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