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ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 2225-2235Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-0900-y
Keywords
Geomorphic indices; Drainage anomalies; Balapur Fault; Field findings; SW Kashmir
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- DST [DST/23(383)SU/2003]
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There are plenty of faults that show evidence that they are active. Most of the valley's floor is occupied by unconsolidated Karewa deposits, in particular on the south-southwest of the Kashmir Valley. In such situations, geomorphic data can reveal the location of active faults. Accordingly, we tried to identify geomorphic indices in SW of the Kashmir Valley (Veshav, Rambiara, and Romushi drainage basins), which revealed the area to be potentially tectonically active. This active faulting was further substantiated by drainage anomalies and field investigations, which provides evidence for an emergent out-of-sequence NE-dipping active reverse fault (identified first time on ground) named the Balapur Fault (BF). The BF can be traced over at least 40 km along the southwest side of the Kashmir Valley. The existence of the active Balapur Fault and of two other inferred faults north of the Panjal Thrust or Murree Thrust presents a picture of a more complex strain-partitioning regime in the Kashmir Himalayas than is usually visualized.
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