Subject Code: ES6L105 Subject Name: Neotectonics & Paleoseismology L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite:
Plate tectonics in relation to Earthquake; Introduction to Neotectonics; Geomorphology of active faults and its impact; Determination of fault slip rates; Age and size of paleoearthquakes; Seismic hazard analyses using geological data;  Neotectonic in relations with fluvial geomorphology, land slides; Modern technology to study neotectonism; Field techniques in paleoseismology; Dating techniques in paleoseismology; Assessment of paleoseismic hazard.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Kearey, P., K. A. Klepeis, and F. J. Vine. Global Tectonics, Wiley-Blackwell.
  2. Khan, M.A., Tectonics of the Nanga Purbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya (Geological Society Special Publication), Edited by McCalpin, J. P., Paleoseismology, Academic Press
  3. Talwani, P., Intraplate Earthquakes, Cambridge University Press
  4. Yeats, R., Active Faults of the World, Cambridge University Press.