Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh

Details Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh

Aug 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3315308r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 15, CiteID L15308

Physics

22

Seismology: Continental Crust (1219), Tectonophysics: Continental Contractional Orogenic Belts And Inversion Tectonics, Tectonophysics: Continental Tectonics: Extensional (0905)

Scientific paper

Teleseismic receiver function analysis of seismograms recorded on a ~700 km long profile of 17 broadband seismographs traversing the NW Himalaya shows a progressive northward deepening of the Indian Moho from ~40 km beneath Delhi south of the Himalayan foredeep to ~75 km beneath Taksha at the Karakoram Fault. Similar studies by Wittlinger et al. (2004) to the north of the Karakoram Fault show that the Moho continues to deepen to ~90 km beneath western Tibet before shallowing substantially to 50-60 km at the Altyn Tagh Fault. The continuity of the Indian Moho imaged in the receiver functions reported here, along with those of Wittlinger et al. (2004), suggest that in this part of the Himalayan orogen the Indian plate may penetrate as far as the Bangong Suture, and possibly as far north as the Altyn Tagh.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Configuration of the Indian Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1780456