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Extremely fast Holocene coastal landscape evolution in the Kachchh Upland (NW India): Clues from a multidisciplinary review

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  • Eshaan Srivastava
  • Javed N. Malik
  • Nicolò Parrino
  • Pierfrancesco Burrato
  • Nayan Sharma
  • MahendraSinh Gadhavi
  • Attilio Sulli
  • Cipriano Di Maggio
  • Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli

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The coastal landscape of the Kachchh Upland (KU) region (NW-India) changed over the last few thousand years from a shallow marine gulf to a salty desert (1-4 meters asl). In this area, bordered to the south by the Northern Hill Range (NHR), the tectonic-climatic interaction triggered the sea level fall from +2/4 m circa (6000-2000 BP) to zero. An ancient river pattern deposited a tidally regulated delta area during the sea level fall that stopped 2000-3000 years ago due to tectonic activity and a dry climate.Deltaic-alluvial fans (DAF) in front of the NHR suggest that the KU's tectonic activity led to fast landscape evolution. We explored such drastic changes by integrating scientific information from a multidisciplinary literature review, identifying terraces and DAFs, and inferring faults through landform recognition, quantitative morphometry, and field surveys. Our interpretation, summarized in a map, provides new information on active processes along the NHR.

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  • Eshaan Srivastava & Javed N. Malik & Nicolò Parrino & Pierfrancesco Burrato & Nayan Sharma & MahendraSinh Gadhavi & Attilio Sulli & Cipriano Di Maggio & Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli, 2023. "Extremely fast Holocene coastal landscape evolution in the Kachchh Upland (NW India): Clues from a multidisciplinary review," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(1), pages 2167617-216, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:19:y:2023:i:1:p:2167617
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2023.2167617
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