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Remotely India # 2: Dyke Swarms Of Northern Deccan Traps
Source info:
| Author: | Suvrat Kher |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2010-12-07 11:21:00 |
| Blog: | Reporting on a Revolution  |
| URL: | http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2010/12/remotely-india-2-dyke-swarms-of.html |
Summary:
Around Nandurbar in northern Maharashtra are spectacular outcrops of a dyke swarm intruding the Deccan volcanics. Source: IRS-Resourcesat-1 Models of Deccan volcanism envision that most the lava came out of vents and fissures localized along two major rift zones, the roughly east-west trending Narmada Tapi Satpura rift zone along which today the Narmada and Tapi rivers flow westwards andContent analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nandurbar | IN | 21.37 | 74.2462 |
| India | IN | 21.7866 | 82.7948 |
| Narmada | IN | 21.7509 | 73.6418 |
Keywords:
deccan traps, dyke swarms, india, irs, lava, maharashtra, models, nandurbar, remote sensing, rift zone, rift zones, rivers flow, swarm, westwards
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