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 …

Cenozoic epeirogeny of the I ndian peninsula

FD Richards, MJ Hoggard… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Peninsular India is a cratonic region with asymmetric relief manifest by eastward tilting from
the 1.5 km high Western Ghats escarpment toward the floodplains of eastward‐draining …

A 3D computational model for ground motion simulation in Peninsular India

KP Sreejaya, STG Raghukanth - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the gradual and constant accumulation of seismic energy, Peninsular India (PI) is
typically considered seismically stable with low to moderate seismicity. The seismic studies …

Continental scale body wave tomography of India: Evidence for attrition and preservation of lithospheric roots

A Singh, JP Mercier, M Ravi Kumar… - Geochemistry …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We assemble P and S waveforms of 2301 teleseismic earthquakes registered at 413
broadband seismic stations spanning the Indian plate from the southern tip of India to the …

Crustal structure beneath India and Tibet: New constraints from inversion of receiver functions

A Singh, M Ravi Kumar, DD Mohanty… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Indian subcontinent comprises geological terranes of varied age and structural
character. In this study, we provide new constraints to existing crustal models by inverting …

Crustal and lithospheric mantle structure below the Indian shield based on 3-D constrained gravity inversion and deep neural network approach: geological …

SK Sathapathy, M Radhakrishna - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The Indian shield region comprises of several Archean cratons, Proterozoic mobile belts,
Proterozoic-Phanerozoic rift basins, and volcanic provinces and has been significantly …

The origin of∼ 2.5 Ga arc-related magmatic charnockites of Karimnagar, SE India, and implications for tectonic assembly in the Dharwar craton

K Satpathi, P Nasipuri, K Yi, YJ Jeong, A Roy… - Lithos, 2024 - Elsevier
In the Indian peninsula, the Singhbhum, Bastar, and Dharwar cratons in the South India
Block (SIB) constitute a contiguous mass of> 2.5 Ga crystalline rocks. Did the cratons …

Evidence of Paleo-Subduction along the Pranhita-Godavari Basin, India: Constraints from the joint interpretation of aeromagnetic and gravity data

S Dubey, SK Sathapathy, GS Rao, PG Betts… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Pranhita-Godavari (PG) Basin is an inter-cratonic failed rift basin between the
Dharwar and Bastar cratons in the Southern Indian Shield. Previous studies reveal an …

Deep low velocity layer in the sublithospheric mantle beneath India

MR Kumar, A Singh, D Saikia - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Globally, there is now a growing evidence for a low velocity layer in the deeper parts of the
upper mantle, above the 410 km discontinuity (hereafter called LVL-410). The origin of this …

Crustal structure and tectonic evolution of the Pranhita-Godavari Rift: A comprehensive study using edge enhancement techniques and 2D gravity modeling

P Kindangi, S Mangalampalli - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pranhita-Godavari Rift basin is a significant tectonic feature in peninsular India.
The Bouguer gravity anomaly digital grids from the gravity map of India (after NGRI-GSI …