Reply to Comments from R. Kar and T. Chakraborty on our paper 'Geomorphology in relation to tectonics: A case study from the eastern Himalayan foothill of West Bengal, India'

摘要

We thank Kar and Chakraborty for their comments on our paper; this has given us the opportunity to clarify some of the issues discussed in our paper. They have questioned our observations and interpretations, and have commented on our "lack of understanding on the terrace formation". Ignoring the fact that we have designated the terraces as cut-and-fill ones, they have levelled the criticism that we "have completely ignored the question of aggradation of the terraces". What does 'fill' mean? We leave it for the readers to judge such comments. We place below our response to their comments.