GIS-based morpho-tectonic studies of Alaknanda river basin: a precursor for hazard zonation
Alaknanda river basin is considered to be tectonically active where damaging earthquakes and landslides have occurred. The whole basin was divided into 8 sub-basins to carry out morphometric analyses, hypsometric integral (HI) analysis and valley floor width to valley height ratio (V <Subscript>f</Subscript>) factor. The sub-basins 2 and 3 show that they are highly active, because of the higher values of bifurcation ratio, stream frequency asymmetric factor, and lower values of form factor, elongation ratio and circulatory ratio. In these areas, HI values are very low indicating that the landscape is highly eroded, deeply dissected and tectonically active. The result obtained from V <Subscript>f</Subscript> was similar which classified both these basins as highly active. Morphometric analysis, HI and V <Subscript>f</Subscript> analyses along with structural map of study area are used to prepare morpho-tectonic map classifying the whole area into very high, high, moderate and low zones of tectonic activity. This map clearly indicates that the areas near MCT II (Munsiari Thrust), MCT III (Ramgarh Thrust) and North Almora Thrust are tectonically very active which fall in sub-basins 2, 3, 4 and parts of 5. Various locations such as Chamoli, Birahi, Pipalkoti, Rudraprayag, etc. are situated in these zones where many earthquakes and landslides occur every year. Moreover, the data plotted for earthquakes and landslides occurrences are consistent with morpho-tectonic map and can be used as a precursor for demarcation of natural hazard vulnerable zones. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
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2014
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Authors: | Shukla, D. ; Dubey, C. ; Ningreichon, A. ; Singh, R. ; Mishra, B. ; Singh, S. |
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Natural Hazards. - International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards. - Vol. 71.2014, 3, p. 1433-1452
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International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards |
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