About the Book

The volume provides a glimpse into the ongoing research in the field of geomorphology in India. It highlights the geomorphic diversity of the landscape and the geomorphic processes in India and presents in a systematic form the different facets of the geomorphic, geotectonic and morphoclimatic characteristics of the Indian sub-continent.

The research papers, included in the volume, will be of use to geographers and earth scientists in cognate fields.

 

 

 

 

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Contents

PART I

INDIA: GENERAL GEOMORPHOLOGY

 

1.    Hot Rains-High Floods-Heavy Erosion: Rainfall, Run-off and Erosion Patterns in India and the Role of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors and their Interaction

Otmar Seuffert

 

2.    Fluvial Geomorphology in the Tropics with Special Reference to the Indian Rivers

Avijit Gupta

 

3.    Tropical Geomorphology with and without Structural Control             

       Alfred Wirthmann

 

PART II
THE HIMALAYAS

 

4.   Geomorphological Evolution of Kathmandu Valley, Central Nepal 

       S.R Rajracharya, Virendra Krishna Verma and Damayanti Gurung

 

5.    Geomorphological Studies of Chipprian Magnesitc Deposit, Panthal, Udhampur District, Jammu

B.L. Dhar, AK. Raina and B.K. Fotedar

 

6.    River Capture in the Himalaya: A Case Study from the Ravi River Valley

Rhupinder Singh Marh

 

7.   Evidences of Paraglacial Conditions in the Himalayan                Quaternary Valley-Fill Sequence of the Ravi River

Bhupinder Singh Marh, S.K. Tandon on and D.D. Joshi

 

8.    Late Quaternary Glacial and Climatic History of the Liddar Valley, Kashmir Himalaya

        M.N. kaul

 

9.   Accelerated Erosion in the Watershed of the Nana Kosi, Central Himalaya

J.S. Rawat and M.S. Rawat

 

10. Land Degradation by Mass-Wasting in the Central Himalaya
Jyoti Shastri and J.S. Rawat

 

11.  Anthropogenic Transformations of Sheetwash Erosion:
An Experimental Study in Kumaun Himalaya

MS. Rawat and J.S. Rawat

 

12.  Some Aspects of Pedo-Geomorphic Relations in the Mahananda Basin. Darjeeling Himalaya

Suhir Sarkar

 

 

13.  Deforestation—Changing Discharge and increasing Roods: Myth or Reality

Thomas Hofer

 

14. Environmental Degradation due to Slate Mining at Khaniara Lesser Himalaya—Omen to Mass Movement
Abhinandan Bhardwaj and Sunil Dhar

 

PART III

THE INDO-GANGETIC-BRAHMAPUTRA PLAIN

 

15.  Geomorphology and Neotectonic Features of Indo-Gangetic Plain
I.B. Singh and D.K. Ghosh

 

16. Modern Alluvial Fans of the Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra Plain and their Tectonic Control
D.K. Ghosh

 

17.  Environmental Geology of a Part of Southeastern Haryana
V.K. Sharma

 

18. The Dune Environment of West Bengal Coastal Plain
Ashis Kumar Paul

 

PARTIV
THE THAR DESERT

 

19. Morphological Variation in Aeolian Landforms and its Significance

R.A .Chansarkar

 

20. Geomorphology of the Indian Desert
Surendra Singh

 

21.  Sand Dunes and their Mobility in Jaisalmer District
Amar Kar

 

22. Urban Geomorphology of Jaipur
H.S. Sharma

 

PART V
THE DECCAN PENINSULAR

 

23. A Fresh Look at the Quaternary Litho-and Bio—Stratigraphy of a  Part of the Central Narmada Valley, Narsinghpur District, Madhya Pradesh

S.N. Rajaguru, R.K. Ganjoo and V.N. Misra

 

24. Morphology and Origin of Valley-Side Gullies on Colluvium,  Western Upland Maharashtra

Vishwas Kale, Veena joshi and Nagesh Kelkar

 

25. A Geomorphic Appraisal of Land Systems and their Evaluation  in Eastern Ranga Reddy District of Andhra Pradesh

S. padmaja and Neelam Joel luther

 

26. Misfit Streams Around Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Purshottam Soni

 

27. A Brief Overview of the Quaternary Sea Levels of the World Coasts

K.N. Prudhvi Raju

 

 

 

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About the Author / Editor

K.R. Dikshit is an outstanding Indian geomorphologist, who has made significant contribution to the development of geomorphology in India. He has served as Professor and Head, Department of Geography, University of Poona, Pune. He was the Founder President of Institute of Indian Geographers (IIG) and Indian Institute of Geomorphologists. He has written several books, such as Geography of Gujarat (1970), Contributions to Indian Geography: Geomorphology (1983), Maharashtra in Maps (1986) and Environment, Forest Ecology and Man in the Western Ghats: The Case of Mahabaleshwar Plateau (1993) as well as many research papers.

Vishwas S. Kale served as Head of the Department of Geography, University of Poona. His fields of interest are fluvial and flood geomorphology and quaternary geomorphology. He has published several papers in national and international journals.

M.N. Kaul was Reader in the Department of Geography, Jammu University. He has a number of research articles to his credit. He has specialized in the field of geomorphology and has made important contributions in the field of quaternary and glacial geomorphology.

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