Tectonic control on the drainage system in a piedmont region in tectonically active eastern Himalayas

Chandreyee Chakrabarti Goswami1, D. Mukhopadhyay2, B.C. Poddar3
1Asutosh College, Saltlake City, India
2Raman Center for Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Saltlake City, India
3BE 267, Saltlake City, India

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