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Remote Sensing and GIS Based Analysis of Geomorphic Evidences and Morphometry of Active Faults in Kachchh Area

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Kachchh basin is a Mesozoic rift basin under the influence of many active faults. This in turn gives rise to marked structural complexity and associated seismicity. Remote Sensing study of geomorphic evidences of these faults has been carried out using satellite images and is validated using morphometric analysis and digital elevation model data. Satellite images not only help in identifying expression of active faults and active tectonics on a macroscopic scale, but also provide the image characteristics of active faults directly. A few faults along with nature of lateral displacement could be identified from the Kachchh area. Morphometric analysis viz., sinuosity, asymmetry factor and hypsometry indicated affected streams and drainage basins due to fault activity.

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  1. Department of Earth sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

    Eirin Kar, Suman Sourav Baral, Arun Kumar Saraf, Gaurav Singh & Susanta Borgohain

  2. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

    Josodhir Das

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Kar, E., Baral, S.S., Saraf, A.K. et al. Remote Sensing and GIS Based Analysis of Geomorphic Evidences and Morphometry of Active Faults in Kachchh Area. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 45, 79–88 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-016-0588-z

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