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Evidence of structural segmentation of the Uttarakhand Himalaya and its implications for earthquake hazard
Prantik Mandal1, Raju Prathigadapa2, D Srinivas2
1CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India. prantikmandal62@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The earthquake hazard associated with the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) is a critical issue for India and its neighbouring countries in the north. We used data from a dense seismic network in Uttarakhand, India, to model the lateral variations in the depths of MHT (2-6% drop in Vs at 12-21 km depths), Moho (a sharp increase in Vs (by ~ 0.5-0.7 km/s) at 39-50 km depths) and lithosphere (a marked decrease in Vs(~ 1-3%) at 136-178 km depths), across the Himalayan collisional front. Our joint inversion of radial PRFs and group velocity dispersion data of Rayleigh waves detects three NNE trending transverse lithospheric blocks segmenting the lithosphere in Uttarakhand Himalaya, which spatially correlate well with the northward extension of the Delhi -Haridwar Indian basement ridge, an inferred tectonic boundary and great boundary fault, respectively. Our radial receiver function imaging detects highly deformed and segmented crustal and lithospheric structures associated with three mapped transverse lithospheric blocks, suggesting a reduction in rupture lengths of future earthquakes, thereby, reducing earthquake hazards in Uttarakhand.
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