Top

Published in:

2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Influence of Faulting on the Extra-Channel Geomorphology of the Ajay-Damodar Interfluve in Lower Ganga Basin

Author : Suvendu Roy

Published in: Quaternary Geomorphology in India

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config

AI-assisted search

Off

Abstract

The response of extra-channel geomorphology of an alluvial river system to the quaternary faulting has been presented here with remote sensing data and field investigation. In corresponding to the in-stream deformation, extra-stream area is also modified with extended swampy floodplain, unpaired terraces, large alluvial fans, and palaeochannels. Floodplain becomes waterlogged or swampy especially downstream section across the stream fault line. Strike-slip nature of fault helps to shift channel path and developed series of palaeochannels over the neotectonic time frame. Allocation of fault line along the channel makes stream straight, narrow and incised, which helps to generate favourable condition for development of alluvial fan.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

previous chapter Microstructural Evidence of Palaeo-Coastal Landform from Westernmost Fringe of Lower Ganga–Brahmaputra Delta

next chapter Geophysical Control on the Channel Pattern Adjustment in the Kunur River Basin of Western Part of Lower Ganga Basin

Acharyya SK, Shah BA (2007) Arsenic-contaminated groundwater from parts of damodar Fan-Delta and west of Bhagirathi river, West Bengal, India: influence of fluvial geomorphology and quaternary Morphostratigraphy. Environ Geol 52: 489e501CrossRef

Acharyya SK, Shah BA (2010) Groundwater arsenic pollution affecting deltaic West Bengal, India. Curr Sci 99(12):1787–1794

Bagchi K, Mukherjee KN (1979) Diagnostic survey of rarh Bengal, Part–I, morphology, drainage and flood: 1978. Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Calcutta

Bhattacharya AK, Dhar N (2005) A report geo-environmental appraisal in Barddhaman urban agglomeration area and its environment for sustainable developmental activities. Geological Survey of India, Kolkata Eastern Region, pp 1–43

Bhattacharyya K (2011) The lower Damodar River, India (understanding the human role in changing fluvial environment). Advances in Asian human-environmental research. Springer, New York

Bridgland DR (2000) The characteristics variation and likely origin of the Buchan Ridge Gravel. In: Merrit JW, Connell ER, Bridgland DR (eds) The Quaternary of the Banffshire coast and Buchan. Quarternary Research Association, pp 139–143

Bridgland DR, Maddy D, Bates M (2004) River terrace sequences: templates for Quaternary geochronology and marine-terrestrial correlation. J Quat Sci 19:203–218CrossRef

Burbank DW, Anderson RS (2001) Tectonic Geomorphology. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford

DDMP (2011–12) District disaster management plan. Burdwan District, Govt. of West Bengal, India

Gao BC (1996) NDWI: the normalized difference water index for remote sensing of vegetation liquid water from space. Remote Sens Environ 58:257–266CrossRef

Geological Survey of India (GSI) (2001) District resource map: Barddhaman. Govt. of India, Kolkata

Ghosh S, Guchhait SK (2014) Analyzing fluvial hydrological estimates and flood geomorphology from channel dimensions using ASTER DEM, GIS and statistics in the controlled Damodar river, India. J Geomatics 8(2):232–235

Goudie AS (2004) Encyclopedia of geomorphology. Routeledge, London

Jacques PD, Salvador ED, Machado R, Grohmann CH, Nummer AR (2014) Application of morphometry in neotectonic studies at the eastern edge of the Paraná Basin, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Geomorphology 213:13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.12.037CrossRef

Kale VS, Gupta A (2001) Introduction to geomorphology. Orient Longman Ltd., Calcutta

Keller EA, Pinter N (1996) Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift and landscape. Prentice Hall, New Jersey

Larue J-P (2008) Effects of tectonics and lithology on long profiles of 16 rivers of the southern Central Massif border between the Aude and the Orb (France). Geomorphology 93(3–4):343–367CrossRef

Leopold LB, Wolman MG, Miller JP (1964) Fluvial processes in geomorphology. W.H. Freeman, San Francisco

Mallick S, Bagchi TC (1975) Morphology and genesis of burried Sand of Mogra Pandua area, West Bengal India. Recent researches in geology. Hindustan Publisher Corporation, Delhi

Martins AA, Cunha PP, Huot S, Murray AS, Buylaert JP (2009) Geomorphological correlation of the tectonically displaced Tejo River terraces (Gavia˜o–Chamusca area, central Portugal) supported by luminescence dating. Quat Int 199:75–91CrossRef

Niyogi D (1975) Quaternary geology of the coastal plain in West Bengal and Orissa. Indian J Earth Sci 2:51–61

Niyogi D (1984) Water resources of the Ajay basin: a geographical-hydrological Study. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta

Ollier C (1981) Tectonics and landforms. Longman, London

Ouchi S (1985) Response of alluvial rivers to slow active tectonics movement. Geol Soc Am Bull 96:504–515CrossRef

Rao IBP, Murthy PRK, Rao K, Murty P, Madhava Rao N, Kaila KL (1999) Structure of the lower crust revealed by one- and two-dimensional modeling of wide-angle reflections-West Bengal Basin, India. Pure appl Geophys 156:701–718CrossRef

Roy RK, Ghosh BK, Ghosh DK (1988) Final report on quaternary geology and geomorphology of Ajay Basin, Bardhaman and Birbhum Districts, West Bengal with special reference to Geo-environmental studies. Published Report, Geological Survey of India, Eastern Region, Calcutta

Roy S, Sahu AS (2015) Quaternary tectonic control on channel morphology over sedimentary lowland: a case study in the Ajay-Damodar interfluve of Eastern India. Geosci Front 6(6):927–946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2015.04.01CrossRef

Roy S, Sahu AS (2016a) Morphotectonic map generation using geo-informatics technology: case study over the Ajay-Damodar interfluve, West Bengal, India. Arab J Geosci. 9:183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-015-2247-zCrossRef

Roy S, Sahu AS (2016b) Palaeo-path investigation of the lower Ajay River (India) using archaeological evidence and applied remote sensing. Geocarto Int 31(9):966–984. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2015.1094526CrossRef

Schumm SA, Dumont JF, Holbrook JM (2000) Active tectonics and alluvial rivers. Cambridge University Press, New York

Singh LP, Parkash B, Singhvi AK (1998) Evolution of the lower gangetic plain landforms and soils in West Bengal, India. CATENA 33:75–104CrossRef

Summerfield MA (1991) Global geomorphology. Prentice Hall, England

Wohl E (2014) Rivers in the landscape: science and management. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford

Title: Influence of Faulting on the Extra-Channel Geomorphology of the Ajay-Damodar Interfluve in Lower Ganga Basin
Author: Suvendu Roy
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Quaternary Geomorphology in India
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-90426-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-90427-6

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90427-6_4