Active tectonics in an area includes ongoing or recent geologic events.This paper investigates the tectonic influence on the subsidence,uplift and tilt of western Saurashtra through morphotectonic analysis of ten wate...Active tectonics in an area includes ongoing or recent geologic events.This paper investigates the tectonic influence on the subsidence,uplift and tilt of western Saurashtra through morphotectonic analysis of ten watersheds along with characteristics of relief and drainage orientation.Watersheds 7-9 to the north(N)are tectonically active,which can be linked with the North Kathiawar Fault System(NKFS)and followed by watersheds 6,10,1,4 and 5.Stream-length gradient index and sinuosity index indicate the effect of tectonic events along the master streams in watersheds 6-9.Higher R^(2)values of the linear curve fit for watershed 7 indicate its master stream is much more tectonically active than the others.The R^(2)curve fitting model and earthquake magnitude/depth analysis confirm the region to be active.The reactivation of the NKFS most likely led to the vertical movement of western Saurashtra.展开更多
Across the Himalayan foreland area,alluvial fans respond to fluvial depositional landforms created by active tectonics and are incorporated within hydro-sediment processes.Each tributary of the master stream has its w...Across the Himalayan foreland area,alluvial fans respond to fluvial depositional landforms created by active tectonics and are incorporated within hydro-sediment processes.Each tributary of the master stream has its water and sediment to discharge,which assists in initiating several mesolevel fans in response to the active tectonics in Jaldhaka basin.Along the mountain front,active MBT(Main Boundary Thrust),MFT(Main Frontal Thrust)and lineaments(parallel and transverse to Himalaya)have governed the tectonically active Quaternary foreland area where numerous meso-level fans have developed.The study aims to estimate the tectonic activeness of each meso-fan using the morphotectonic indicators.The tributaries of the Jaldhaka River are permuted to the recent tectonism or neotectonics to form each meso fan with its basin displaying the varying degree of their activeness and aggradation system.Statistical methods like technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution(TOPSIS)and VIKOR(Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenje)that specify multicriteria optimization and compromise solution,in Serbian have ranked the Fan 2 as mostly active and Fan 4 is comparatively tectonically stable.The hydro-sediment characteristics reveal the topographic spatial dynamics of Fan 4 where lobe 3 has elevated from 1984-2014.The XRD analysis specifies the scientific key in response to the dominance of dolomite in the aggraded elevated bed sediments carried by the Rohtikhola River.The conceptual fan models of Fan 2and 4 display the fan development phases through four stages.It has clearly defined the extension of the fan lobes of Fan 2 and 4.It is summarized that within a common climatic zone and similar neo-tectonic setting,meso-level fans have differential morphotectonic signatures with dynamic aggradation processes.展开更多
基金Research Development Fund(IIT Bombay)supported SM。
文摘Active tectonics in an area includes ongoing or recent geologic events.This paper investigates the tectonic influence on the subsidence,uplift and tilt of western Saurashtra through morphotectonic analysis of ten watersheds along with characteristics of relief and drainage orientation.Watersheds 7-9 to the north(N)are tectonically active,which can be linked with the North Kathiawar Fault System(NKFS)and followed by watersheds 6,10,1,4 and 5.Stream-length gradient index and sinuosity index indicate the effect of tectonic events along the master streams in watersheds 6-9.Higher R^(2)values of the linear curve fit for watershed 7 indicate its master stream is much more tectonically active than the others.The R^(2)curve fitting model and earthquake magnitude/depth analysis confirm the region to be active.The reactivation of the NKFS most likely led to the vertical movement of western Saurashtra.
文摘Across the Himalayan foreland area,alluvial fans respond to fluvial depositional landforms created by active tectonics and are incorporated within hydro-sediment processes.Each tributary of the master stream has its water and sediment to discharge,which assists in initiating several mesolevel fans in response to the active tectonics in Jaldhaka basin.Along the mountain front,active MBT(Main Boundary Thrust),MFT(Main Frontal Thrust)and lineaments(parallel and transverse to Himalaya)have governed the tectonically active Quaternary foreland area where numerous meso-level fans have developed.The study aims to estimate the tectonic activeness of each meso-fan using the morphotectonic indicators.The tributaries of the Jaldhaka River are permuted to the recent tectonism or neotectonics to form each meso fan with its basin displaying the varying degree of their activeness and aggradation system.Statistical methods like technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution(TOPSIS)and VIKOR(Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenje)that specify multicriteria optimization and compromise solution,in Serbian have ranked the Fan 2 as mostly active and Fan 4 is comparatively tectonically stable.The hydro-sediment characteristics reveal the topographic spatial dynamics of Fan 4 where lobe 3 has elevated from 1984-2014.The XRD analysis specifies the scientific key in response to the dominance of dolomite in the aggraded elevated bed sediments carried by the Rohtikhola River.The conceptual fan models of Fan 2and 4 display the fan development phases through four stages.It has clearly defined the extension of the fan lobes of Fan 2 and 4.It is summarized that within a common climatic zone and similar neo-tectonic setting,meso-level fans have differential morphotectonic signatures with dynamic aggradation processes.
