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In this study, we addressed the impact of neotectonics on channel evolution of the Kameng River of North–East Himalaya. To the end we used ArcGIS software and derived information on the basin’s asymmetry factor, bearing of lineaments and streamlines and hypsometric variables. Information gathered from images and other secondary sources were processed using basin’s asymmetry factor (AF) and revised asymmetry factor (RAF), variance (R2) for bearing of channel lines explained by bearing of tectonic lineaments, and hypsometric integral (HI) methods. We conclude that neotectonics caused the Kameng basin and its sub-basins tilted and channel links of the Kameng system are evolved following the fault, crack, and joint lines.
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Das, B.C., Barman, S.D., Islam, A. (2022). Influence of Neotectonics on Channel Evolution of Kameng River, North–East Himalaya. In: Bhattacharya, H.N., Bhattacharya, S., Das, B.C., Islam, A. (eds) Himalayan Neotectonics and Channel Evolution. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95435-2_15
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