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 …

A review of thermal history and timescales of tectonometamorphic processes in Sikkim Himalaya (NE India) and implications for rates of metamorphic processes

S Chakraborty, R Anczkiewicz, F Gaidies… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The lesser and greater Himalayan sequences (LH and GH) in Sikkim have been studied in
detail recently. The LH consists mainly of pelitic lithologies with detrital zircon ages> 1800 …

Spatial and temporal variation of the ambient noise environment of the Sikkim Himalaya

M Uthaman, C Singh, A Singh, N Jana, AK Dubey… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Ambient noise characteristics are perused to assess the station performance of 27 newly
constructed broadband seismic stations across Sikkim Himalaya and adjoining Himalayan …

Significant seismic anisotropy beneath the southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau

SS Gao, KH Liu - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Shear wave splitting measurements using teleseismic PKS, SKKS, and SKS phases
recorded by station LSA on the southern part of the Lhasa Terrane of the Tibetan Plateau …

Mantle deformation in the highly oblique indo-burma subduction system inferred from shear wave splitting measurements

MM Islam, S Wei, P Persaud, MS Steckler… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
We utilized shear wave splitting analysis of teleseismic SKS, SKKS, and PKS phases to infer
upper mantle deformational fabrics across a substantial area of Southeast Asia, where …

Upper mantle anisotropy and crust-mantle deformation pattern beneath the Chinese mainland

CY Wang, LJ Chang, ZF Ding, QL Liu, WL Liao… - Science China Earth …, 2014 - Springer
Over the past 10 years, the number of broadband seismic stations in China has increased
significantly. The broadband seismic records contain information about shear-wave splitting …

Toroidal mantle flow induced by slab subduction and rollback beneath the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and adjacent areas

L Liu, SS Gao, KH Liu, S Li, S Tong… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 431 well‐defined and 632 null shear–wave splitting measurements obtained from
115 broadband seismic stations located in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and adjacent …

Complex, multilayered azimuthal anisotropy beneath Tibet: evidence for co-existing channel flow and pure-shear crustal thickening

MR Agius, S Lebedev - Geophysical Journal International, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Of the two debated, end-member models for the late-Cenozoic thickening of Tibetan crust,
one invokes 'channel flow'(rapid viscous flow of the mid-lower crust, driven by topography …

Seismic structure of the underthrusting Indian crust in Sikkim Himalaya

A Singh, MR Kumar, PS Raju - Tectonics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the first results of the seismic character of the underthrusting Indian crust
in the Sikkim Himalaya deduced through an analysis of∼ 3600 receiver functions (RFs) …

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 …