Narmada–Son lineament

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The Narmada–Son lineament is a major east–west-trending tectonic feature in central India that marks a significant crustal boundary and influences regional seismicity, river courses, and basin development.

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Narmada–Son lineament canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crustal boundary ⓘ
geological structure ⓘ
tectonic lineament ⓘ
associatedWith Narmada River ⓘ
linked to: Narmada

Son River NERFINISHED ⓘ
fault-controlled valleys ⓘ
intraplate seismicity in central India ⓘ
rift-related structures ⓘ
controls alignment of several river valleys ⓘ
location of several sedimentary basins ⓘ
structural configuration of central Indian basins ⓘ
country India ⓘ
extendsFrom western India ⓘ
extendsTo eastern India ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian origin (reactivated later) ⓘ
geophysicalSignature crustal-scale lineament visible in geophysical data ⓘ
influences basin development ⓘ
drainage pattern of central India ⓘ
regional seismicity ⓘ
river courses ⓘ
linkedTo differential uplift and subsidence in central India ⓘ
formation of rift basins along its course ⓘ
locatedIn central India ⓘ
marks boundary between different tectonic blocks ⓘ
major crustal discontinuity ⓘ
namedAfter Narmada River ⓘ
linked to: Narmada

Son River NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
partOf Indian shield ⓘ
intraplate tectonic framework of India ⓘ
reactivatedDuring Phanerozoic ⓘ
relatedTo fault systems in central India ⓘ
relevance groundwater occurrence and movement ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration in central Indian basins ⓘ
seismic hazard assessment in central India ⓘ
separates northern Indian crustal blocks ⓘ
southern Indian crustal blocks ⓘ
studiedIn Indian tectonics ⓘ
tectonicActivity neotectonic movements ⓘ
trend east–west ⓘ
typeOfBoundary tectonic and crustal boundary ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Narmada River gorge → geologicalSetting → Narmada–Son lineament ⓘ