GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYA
The Himalayan region has experienced a number of large magnitude earthquakes in the past. Seismicity is mainly due to tectonic activity along the thrust faults that trend parallel to the Himalayan mountain belt. In order to study the ongoing tectonic process, we report Global Positioning System (GPS...
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| description | The Himalayan region has experienced a number of large magnitude earthquakes in the past. Seismicity is mainly due to tectonic activity along the thrust faults that trend parallel to the Himalayan mountain belt. In order to study the ongoing tectonic process, we report Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of crustal deformation in the Garhwal-Kumaun Himalaya through two continuous and 21 campaign stations. We collect GPS data since 2013 and analyze with the GAMIT/GLOBK suite of postprocessing software. Our estimated surface velocities in ITRF2008, India-fixed, and Eurasia-fixed reference frame lie in the range of 42–52 mm/yr, 1–6 mm/yr, and 31–37 mm/yr, respectively. We observe insignificant slip rate (∼ 1 mm/yr) of HFT that indicates its locking behavior. The slip rates of MBT and MCT, however, are consistent with the seismic activity of the study region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ac278ba56a3468c8eb4f9c8c7c5cfa62022-12-22T03:08:29ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342018-11-01XLII-545145410.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-451-2018GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYAY. Sharma0S. Pasari1O. Dikshit2K. E. Ching3Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, IndiaBirla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, IndiaIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur, IndiaNational Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TaiwanThe Himalayan region has experienced a number of large magnitude earthquakes in the past. Seismicity is mainly due to tectonic activity along the thrust faults that trend parallel to the Himalayan mountain belt. In order to study the ongoing tectonic process, we report Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of crustal deformation in the Garhwal-Kumaun Himalaya through two continuous and 21 campaign stations. We collect GPS data since 2013 and analyze with the GAMIT/GLOBK suite of postprocessing software. Our estimated surface velocities in ITRF2008, India-fixed, and Eurasia-fixed reference frame lie in the range of 42–52 mm/yr, 1–6 mm/yr, and 31–37 mm/yr, respectively. We observe insignificant slip rate (∼ 1 mm/yr) of HFT that indicates its locking behavior. The slip rates of MBT and MCT, however, are consistent with the seismic activity of the study region.https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLII-5/451/2018/isprs-archives-XLII-5-451-2018.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Y. Sharma S. Pasari O. Dikshit K. E. Ching GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYA The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| title | GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYA |
| title_full | GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYA |
| title_fullStr | GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYA |
| title_full_unstemmed | GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYA |
| title_short | GPS-BASED MONITORING OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN GARHWAL-KUMAUN HIMALAYA |
| title_sort | gps based monitoring of crustal deformation in garhwal kumaun himalaya |
| url | https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLII-5/451/2018/isprs-archives-XLII-5-451-2018.pdf |
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