Multi-sensor satellite images and resistivity survey for the evolution of Sutlej Palaeochannels and groundwater aquifer potential in Punjab, Northwest India

Remote Sensing technique with multi-sensor satellite images is found to be a useful tool in delineation of the palaeochannel network in arid to semi-arid regions in India. Principal Component Analysis method with fused images (optical and microwave data) shows a wide N-S trending Sutlej Palaeochanne...

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Published inGeocarto international Vol. 37; no. 26; pp. 11955 - 11975
Main Authors Bhadra, B. K., Jain, Ashish Kumar, Dutta, Anup, Meena, Hansraj, Rehpade, Sushilkumar B., Rao, S. Srinivasa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 13.12.2022
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palaeochannel
Punjab
resistivity tomogram
river migration
Satellite data fusion
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Summary:Remote Sensing technique with multi-sensor satellite images is found to be a useful tool in delineation of the palaeochannel network in arid to semi-arid regions in India. Principal Component Analysis method with fused images (optical and microwave data) shows a wide N-S trending Sutlej Palaeochannels (SPC) and narrow NE-SW trending palaeochannels in central Punjab. High-resolution Electrical Resistivity Tomography (HERT) survey and litholog data analysis provide good groundwater prospect zone of the palaeochannel. Interpretation of 2D resistivity tomograms with Wenner-Schlumberger method exhibit a thick zone of low resistivity layer (saturated coarse-grained sand) at a depth of 40 m. Integrated geo-tectonic study provides clue that the river migration of Sutlej River from N-S to E-W direction was due to a major tectonic upliftment in the Himalaya. Geochronological data analysis indicates that the avulsed channel of SPC was the main course of old Ghaggar River, linked to the 'Lost Saraswati River' in northwest India.
ISSN:1010-6049
1752-0762
DOI:10.1080/10106049.2022.2063396