Remote Sensing and GIS Based Analysis of Geomorphic Evidences and Morphometry of Active Faults in Kachchh Area

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• 作者：Eirin Kar ; Suman Sourav Baral…
• 关键词：Fault ; Digital Elevation Model (DEM) ; True Color Composite ; Hypsometry ; Sinuosity
• 刊名：Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：45
• 期：1
• 页码：79-88
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• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Earth Sciences, general; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry;
• 出版者：Springer India
• ISSN：0974-3006
• 卷排序：45

文摘

Kachchh basin is a Mesozoic rift basin under the influence of many active faults. This in turn gives rise to marked structural complexity and associated seismicity. Remote Sensing study of geomorphic evidences of these faults has been carried out using satellite images and is validated using morphometric analysis and digital elevation model data. Satellite images not only help in identifying expression of active faults and active tectonics on a macroscopic scale, but also provide the image characteristics of active faults directly. A few faults along with nature of lateral displacement could be identified from the Kachchh area. Morphometric analysis viz., sinuosity, asymmetry factor and hypsometry indicated affected streams and drainage basins due to fault activity.