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Transverse Tectonics Feature Delineated by Modelling of Magnetotelluric Data from Garhwal Himalaya Corridor, India


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1 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
2 Department of Science and Technology, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 016, India
 

We analyse magnetotelluric data recorded in the Garhwal Himalaya corridor, India, to study dimensionality and strike direction of the geoelectric structure. The geoelectric structure dimensionality in the corridor shows spatial variation with period. Geoelectric strike directions of the main Himalayan thrusts associated with the main arc - Main Frontal Thrust, Main Boundary Thrust and Main Central Thrust - are N72°W ± 8°, N70°W ± 3° and N71°W ± 6° respectively. Cross-strike directions oriented transverse and oblique with respect to the main arc geometry are also delineated. Transverse feature is constrained using 3D modelling.

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Three-Dimensional Modelling, Dimensionality, Magnetotelluric Data, Transverse Tectonics.
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Authors

M. Israil
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
Paramjeet Mamoriya
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
Pravin K. Gupta
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
S. K. Varshney
Department of Science and Technology, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 016, India

Abstract


We analyse magnetotelluric data recorded in the Garhwal Himalaya corridor, India, to study dimensionality and strike direction of the geoelectric structure. The geoelectric structure dimensionality in the corridor shows spatial variation with period. Geoelectric strike directions of the main Himalayan thrusts associated with the main arc - Main Frontal Thrust, Main Boundary Thrust and Main Central Thrust - are N72°W ± 8°, N70°W ± 3° and N71°W ± 6° respectively. Cross-strike directions oriented transverse and oblique with respect to the main arc geometry are also delineated. Transverse feature is constrained using 3D modelling.

Keywords


Three-Dimensional Modelling, Dimensionality, Magnetotelluric Data, Transverse Tectonics.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi5%2F868-875