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 …

Tearing of the Indian lithospheric slab beneath southern Tibet revealed by SKS-wave splitting measurements

Y Chen, W Li, X Yuan, J Badal, J Teng - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Shear wave birefringence is a direct diagnostic of seismic anisotropy. It is often used to infer
the northern limit of the underthrusting Indian lithosphere, based on the seismic anisotropy …

3D numerical simulation-based targeting of skarn type mineralization within the Xuancheng-Magushan orefield, middle-lower Yangtze metallogenic belt, China

X Hu, X Li, F Yuan, SM Jowitt, A Ord, R Ye… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent exploration has identified a series of Cu-Mo skarn deposits within the Xuancheng-
Magushan orefield. The orefield forms part of the Nanling-Xuancheng mining district, which …

Depth‐variant azimuthal anisotropy in Tibet revealed by surface wave tomography

S Pandey, X Yuan, E Debayle… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Azimuthal anisotropy derived from multimode Rayleigh wave tomography in China exhibits
depth‐dependent variations in Tibet, which can be explained as induced by the Cenozoic …

Upper and lower mantle anisotropy inferred from comprehensive SKS and SKKS splitting measurements from India

SK Roy, R Kumar, D Srinagesh - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the upper mantle anisotropy beneath India using high quality
SKS and SKKS waveforms from 382 teleseismic earthquakes recorded at 119 broadband …

Pn tomography and anisotropic study of the Indian shield and the adjacent regions

B Illa, KS Reshma, P Kumar, D Srinagesh, C Haldar… - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
High-resolution P-wave velocity and anisotropy structure of the hitherto elusive uppermost
mantle beneath the Indian shield and its surrounding regions are presented to unravel the …

Mantle deformation in the Eastern Himalaya, Burmese Arc and adjoining regions

D Saikia, MR Kumar, A Singh, SK Roy… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents new results of shear wave splitting at 56 broadband stations installed in
the Eastern Himalaya, Burmese Arc, and adjoining regions. The fast polarization directions …

Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Western Segment, NW Indian Himalaya, using shear wave splitting

S Biswal, S Kumar, SK Roy, MR Kumar… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This study investigates the upper mantle deformation pattern beneath the Indo-Eurasia
collision zone utilizing the core-refracted (S (K) KS) phases from 167 earthquakes recorded …

Shear wave birefringence and current configuration of active tectonics of Shillong plateau: an appraisal of Indian plate motion and regional structures

DD Mohanty, A Singh - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Shear wave birefringence is a robust tool to infer the direction and strength of deformation in
the lithosphere and sub-lithospheric mantle. Situated at the north-eastern flank of the Indian …

Seismic anisotropy beneath the eastern Dharwar craton

SK Roy, D Srinagesh, D Saikia, A Singh… - …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The southeastern Indian Shield, an assemblage of several Precambrian geological
terranes, carries imprints of major tectonic events, including those related to rifting …