response time may vary due to dimensions of the fluvial

geomorphic element and from one part of the system to the

other. These problems are further intensified if the rates of
sedimentation are high and mostly information from
surface exposures is present.
The Ganga Plain is an active fluvial depositional basin,
which actively responds to extra-basinal tectonics, intrabasinal
tectonics, climate change and eustatic sea level
related base level change. The rate of sedimentation is
high due to high input of sediments from fast eroding
Himalaya, to a lesser degree from Peninsular Craton; thus
INTRODUCTION
LLarge alluvial basins are important repository of the
late Quaternary changes in climate, neotectonic and
base level. Consequently their study is important in
understanding the global change in the Quaternary. The
fluvial systems are sensitive to rainfall and base level
changes, which can be triggered by climate change, extrabasinal
and intra-basinal tectonics, and eustatic sea level
changes. In large fluvial systems, identification of
geomorphic response to various global changes is not
easy to establish, and the critical thresholds and