A transverse conductive structure in the northwest Himalaya

Details A transverse conductive structure in the northwest Himalaya A transverse conductive structure in the northwest Himalaya

Mar 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pepi...45..119a&link_type=abstract

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 45, Issue 2, p. 119-127.

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Data from a linear profile of magnetometers, running parallel to the strike of the northwest Himalaya, are analysed to bring out more information on the major conductivity structure delineated through the 1979 magnetometer array. Examination of data in the form of induction arrows and pseudosection of Z/H has permitted a precise estimate of the position and orientation of the conductor. Numerical modelling of the data suggests that a 45 km-wide ridge rising from asthenospheric depths to a depth of 15 km and having an electrical resistivity of 2μm accounts for the observations fairly well. The coincidence of the conductivity anomaly with a zone of high seismicity suggests that stresses associated with underthrusting of the Indian plate at its collision with the Eurasian plate may cause fracture in the Indian shield resulting in the upflow of asthenospheric material in the form of a ridge. Certain signatures indicative of an electrical discontinuity at the Main Boundary Thrust are also identified.

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