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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583350803321

Autore

Valdiya K. S.

Titolo

Neotectonism in the Indian subcontinent : landscape evolution / / K.S. Valdiya, Jaishri Sanwal, Geodynamics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-444-63971-3

0-444-63972-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Developments in Earth Surface Processes ; ; 22

Disciplina

551.8

Soggetti

Neotectonics

Geodynamics - Sout Asia

South Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The dynamic Indian crust -- 2. India : an assemblage of multiple terranes -- 3. Himalayan Mobile Belt : the main arc -- 4. Mountain arcs and festoons in Pakistan -- 5. Orogenic Belt of India - Myanmar Border Ranges -- 6. Ganga-Brahmaputra Plains -- 7. Sindhu-Ghagghar Plains -- 8. Sabarmati Plain and Saurashtra-Kachchh terranes -- 9. Aravali and Vindhyan terranes -- 10. Satpura horst and Narmada-Tapi grabens -- 11. Sahyadri Ranges and Western Coastal Belt -- 12. Mysore Plateau and Nilgiri Massif -- 13. Deccan Plateau east of northern Sahyadri -- 14. Bastar and Singhbhum cratons with their mobile belts and Gondwana grabens -- 15. Eastern Ghat Ranges and east coast -- 16. Andaman-Nicobar Island Arc.