A review of crust and upper mantle structure beneath the Indian subcontinent

A Singh, C Singh, BLN Kennett - Tectonophysics, 2015‏ - Elsevier
This review presents an account of the variations in crustal and upper mantle structure
beneath the Indian subcontinent and its environs, with emphasis on passive seismic results …

100 years of seismic research on the Moho

C Prodehl, B Kennett, IM Artemieva, H Thybo - Tectonophysics, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The detection of a seismic boundary, the “Moho”, between the outermost shell of the Earth,
the Earth's crust, and the Earth's mantle by A. Mohorovičić was the consequence of …

Geologic correlation of the Himalayan orogen and Indian craton: Part 1. Structural geology, U-Pb zircon geochronology, and tectonic evolution of the Shillong Plateau …

A Yin, CS Dubey, AAG Webb, TK Kelty, M Grove… - …, 2010‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Himalayan orogen has experienced intense Cenozoic deformation and widespread
metamorphism, making it difficult to track its initial architecture and the subsequent …

Modelling of crustal composition and Moho depths and their Implications toward seismogenesis in the Kumaon–Garhwal Himalaya

P Mandal, D Srinivas, G Suresh, D Srinagesh - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
We image the lateral variations in the Moho depths and average crustal composition across
the Kumaon–Garhwal (KG) Himalaya, through the H–K stacking of 1400 radial PRFs from 42 …

Lithosphere of the Dharwar craton by joint inversion of P and S receiver functions

S Kiselev, L Vinnik, S Oreshin, S Gupta… - Geophysical Journal …, 2008‏ - academic.oup.com
Summary The Archean Dharwar craton in south India is known for long time to be different
from most other cratons. Specifically, at station Hyderabad (HYB) the Ps converted phases …

Crustal structure and evolution of the Eastern Himalayan plate boundary system, Northeast India

S Mitra, KF Priestley, K Borah… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
We use data from 24 broadband seismographs located south of the Eastern Himalayan
plate boundary system to investigate the crustal structure beneath Northeast India. P wave …

Evidence of structural segmentation of the Uttarakhand Himalaya and its implications for earthquake hazard

P Mandal, R Prathigadapa, D Srinivas, S Saha… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
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 …

Deep seismic structure of the Indian shield, western Himalaya, Ladakh and Tibet

SI Oreshin, LP Vinnik, SG Kiselev, SS Rai… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
P and S receiver functions from seismograph stations in the Indian shield, Western
Himalaya, Ladakh and Tibet are processed with a method which provides estimates of the P …

The crustal structure of the Himalaya: A synthesis

K Priestley, T Ho, S Mitra - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2019‏ - lyellcollection.org
This chapter examines the along-arc variation in the crustal structure of the Himalayan
Mountain Range. Using results from published seismological studies, plus large teleseismic …

Crustal structure beneath India and Tibet: New constraints from inversion of receiver functions

A Singh, M Ravi Kumar, DD Mohanty… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Indian subcontinent comprises geological terranes of varied age and structural
character. In this study, we provide new constraints to existing crustal models by inverting …