Crustal seismic structure beneath the Deccan Traps area (Gujarat, India), from local travel-time tomography

Prajapati, S. and Kukarina, E. and Mishra, S. (2016) Crustal seismic structure beneath the Deccan Traps area (Gujarat, India), from local travel-time tomography. Tectonophysics, 672-67. pp. 139-149.

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Abstract

The Gujarat region in western India is known for its intra-plate seismic activity, including the Mw 7.7 Bhuj earthquake, a reverse-faulting event that reactivated normal faults of the Mesozoic Kachchh rift zone. The Late Cretaceous Deccan Traps, one of the largest igneous provinces on the Earth, cover the southern part of Gujarat. This study is aimed at bringing light to the crustal rift zone structure and likely origin of the Traps based on the velocity structure of the crust beneath Gujarat. Tomographic inversion of the Gujarat region was done using the non-linear, passive-source tomographic algorithm, LOTOS. We use high-quality arrival times of 22,280 P and 22,040 S waves from 3555 events recorded from August 2006 to May 2011 at 83 permanent and temporary stations installed in Gujarat state by the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR). We conclude that the resulting high-velocity anomalies, which reach down to the Moho, are most likely related to intrusives associated with the Deccan Traps. Low velocity anomalies are found in sediment-filled Mesozoic rift basins and are related to weakened zones of faults and fracturing. A low-velocity anomaly in the north of the region coincides with the seismogenic zone of the reactivated Kachchh rift system, which is apparently associated with the channel of the outpouring of Deccan basalt. © 2016 Elsevier B.V..

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Faulting; Geophysics; Seismology; Shear waves; Tomography; Velocity, Inversion; Low-velocity anomaly; Reverse faulting; Seismic structure; Seismogenic zones; Tomographic inversion; Travel time tomography; Velocity structure, Earthquakes, crustal structure; earthquake magnitude; Gujarat earthquake 2001; inverse problem; seismic tomography; seismicity; travel time, Deccan; India
Depositing User: Ms Sharifah Fahimah Saiyed Yeop
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2022 07:53
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2022 07:53
URI: http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/31014

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