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Optical Dating of Quartz Grains From the Minjiang Fluvial Terraces in the Sonpan Area on the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
The fluvial terraces along the banks of the Minjiang River are very important for understanding the tectonic activities of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and have been widely investigated.
Ye-Song Han, Jia-Fu Zhang, Geng-Nian Liu, Zhi-Jiu Cui   +3 more
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Human palaeoenvironment in the Upper Kama River basin: experience of reconstruction [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2021
Here, we present the results of comprehensive (archaeological and palaeoecological) studies undertaken in 2014–2018 in the basin of the Upper Kama River in the north of Perm Region, eastern part of the East European Plain.
Lychagina E.L., Demakov D.A., Chernov A.V., Zaretskaya N.E., Kopytov S.V., Lapteva E.G., Trofimova S.S.   +6 more
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Mapping of major river terraces and assessment of their characteristics in Upper Pindar River Basin, Uttarakhand: A geospatial approach

Quaternary Science Advances, 2021
In the present paper, an attempt has been made to trace out the major terraces and analyse their characteristics in the Upper Pindar valley of the Uttarakhand state.
Senjuti Nandy, Ajay Kumar Taloor, Girish Chandra Kothyari   +2 more
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First Chronological Constraints for the High Terraces of the Upper Ebro Catchment

Quaternary, 2021
The Cenozoic sedimentary basins in the Iberian Peninsula show a change from long-term basin infill to incision, a transition that indicates a period of major drainage reorganization that culminated in the throughflow of the networks to the Atlantic and ...
Josep M. Parés, Mathieu Duval, Angel Soria-Jáuregui, María José González-Amuchástegui   +3 more
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Lateral variations in sedimentation records along the strike length of North Almora Thrust: Central Kumaun Himalaya

Quaternary Science Advances, 2020
The present study has been carried out with special emphasis on the spatial and temporal variability of sedimentary architecture along the strike length of North Almora Thrust (NAT). Here, we investigated fluvial terraces along Saryu, Jaigan, Kosi, Gagas,
Girish Ch Kothyari, P.D. Pant, Riyanka Talukdar, Ajay Kumar Taloor, Raj Sunil Kandregula, Suman Rawat   +5 more
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Analysis of Gravel Shapes Along the Khazir River, North of Iraq

Iraqi Geological Journal, 2023
This research work deals with the analyses of the shape and size of gravels within the terrace deposit of the Khazir River in the north of Iraq.
Ziyad Elias
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Millennial slip rate of the Longitudinal Valley fault from river terraces: Implications for convergence across the active suture of eastern Taiwan [PDF]

, 2006
The Longitudinal Valley fault is a key element in the active tectonics of Taiwan. It is the principal structure accommodating convergence across one of the two active sutures of the Taiwan orogeny.
Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Chen, Wen-Shan, Chen, Yue-Gau, Shyu, J. Bruce H., Sieh, Kerry   +4 more
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Alluvial Terraces and Contaminant Sources of the Santa Catarina River in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, Mexico

Journal of Maps, 2021
The development of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA) and human carelessness have severely altered the Santa Catarina River (SCR). The objective of this research was to integrate fieldwork, a digital elevation model, exploratory surveys and satellite ...
G. E. Martínez-Quiroga, H. De León-Gómez, F. D. Yépez-Rincón, S. López-Saavedra, A. Cardona Benavides, A. Cruz-López   +5 more
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Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwaliks Hills, Himalayas of central Nepal [PDF]

, 2000
We analyze geomorphic evidence of recent crustal deformation in the sub-Himalaya of central Nepal, south of the Kathmandu Basin. The Main Frontal Thrust fault (MFT), which marks the southern edge of the sub-Himalayan fold belt, is the only active ...
Avouac, J. P., Lavé, J.
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Petrographic and Geotechnical Aspects of the River Terraces at the University of Mosul as Buildings Foundations

Iraqi Geological Journal, 2023
This study explores the third stage of the Tigris River terraces at the University of Mosul. Due to its importance, most of its buildings, especially the modern ones, were built on these terraces, and some engineering problems appeared in those ...
Rahma Al-Auqadi, Azealdeen Al-Jawadi, Salim Al-Naqib   +2 more
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