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Late quaternary deformation and palaeoseismicty: Insight into geomorphotectonic evolution of Kachchh, western Indian subcontinent”

by A.B. Roy, Alokesh Chatterjee and N.K. Chauhan. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, v.81(1), pp.31–40.

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Late quaternary deformation and palaeoseismicty: Insight into geomorphotectonic evolution of Kachchh, western Indian subcontinent”. J Geol Soc India 81, 844–847 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0110-y

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