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Rivers and channels are extremely sensitive in changing their grades, base levels and degree of meandering. We review a number of morpho-tectonic and hydrological indicators along with minor-scale landforms. It explains the tectonic effect on river channel and the landscape topography related with landform deformation. Such indicators are closely associated with deflection zone of (backthrust) tilting, slope and weak zone alteration, and change in hydrological parameters, e.g., velocity, discharge, stream power and shear stress. The indicators also include the aggradation as well as erosional landscape in minor-scale. We decipher 30 geomorphic indices in assessing the impact of tectonics in channel morphology from three study sites: the North East foreland basin of North Bengal, the Singbhum Shear Zone (SSZ) and the Janauri–Chandigarh anticline. Analyses of morpho-hydrological parameters are also applicable through statistical techniques such as Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Technique for Order of Preference is done by Similarity Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).
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The authors thank the Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata. We extend our sincere thanks to Dr.Soumyajit Mukherjee (IIT Bombay) for providing multiple rounds of review. We would also like to render our thanks to Edison David, for helping us during fieldwork. Thanks to Marion Schneider, Annett Buettener, Boopalan Renu, Alexis Vizcaino, Doerthe Mennecke-Buehler and the proofreading team (Springer). Dutta and Mukherjee (2021) encapsulate this work.
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Biswas, M., Paul, A., Jamal, M. (2021). Tectonics and Channel Morpho-Hydrology—A Quantitative Discussion Based on Secondary Data and Field Investigation. In: Mukherjee, S. (eds) Structural Geology and Tectonics Field Guidebook — Volume 1. Springer Geology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60143-0_16
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