Active Tectonics of Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya

• Main Authors: Jayangondaperumal, R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Thakur, V. C. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Joevivek, V. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rao, Priyanka Singh (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gupta, Anil Kumar (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Natural Hazards,
• Subjects: Natural disasters.; Structural geology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Natural Hazards.; Structural Geology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

The book contributes to understanding the pattern of strain release and the level of seismic hazard imposed by large-great earthquakes in the frontal fold-thrust belts of Kumaun and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand. The motivation for active fault studies and their characterization have been emphasize...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Mapping of Active Faults
• Chapter 3. Active Faults in Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya
• Chapter 4. Concluding Comments and Structure of Online Interactive Active Fault Database.