Microearthquake Seismology and Seismotectonics of South Asia

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This volume is the outcome of more than 25 years of research in the field of earthquake seismology in various parts of South Asia.  It comprehensively deals with plate tectonics and seismic waves in general and earthquake monitoring by permanent and temporary networks for active fault mapping, aftershock, swarm and induced seismicity investigations in interplate collision and subduction zones and in intraplate shield regions.  Data acquisition as well as data analysis are well presented for clear understanding of interpretation with limitations of the techniques.  State-of-the-art techniques in earthquake location/relocation, fault plane solution, waveform inversion, seismic tomography, fractals etc. are discussed, and the results are interpreted in terms of seismic source processes in the region.  A large quantity of seismic data in the Himalaya from western syntaxis, Pamir-Hindu Kush to western (Garhwal) Himalaya, central (Nepal) Himalaya, eastern (Sikkim and Bhutan) Himalaya to the eastern syntaxis and Arunachal Himalaya are analysed to understand seismotectonics of the Himalayan collision zone.  Theatypical continental plate (Indian continental plate) subduction beneath the Indo-Burma ranges and the typical oceanic plate (Indian Oceanic plate) subduction beneath the Andaman-Sumatra are in Southeast Asia are also examined with the available data.  Temporary and permanent microearthquake network data in the peninsular India shield region and in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka shed light on the intraplate tectonics in South Asia.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.R. Kayal

J.R. Kayal, former Deputy Director General (Geophysics), Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, is Emeritus Scientist (CSIR), Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Adjunct Professor, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, and guest faculty at the Tezpur University, Assam, and UNESCO training courses in South Asia.  He did his M.Sc. Applied Geophysics in 1969 from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, and PhD from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand on a Commonwealth Scholarship (1979-83).  He has been awarded National Mineral Award (1994) by Govt. of India and awarded Fellow by several scientific societies in India and abroad.  He is a visiting scientist/professor to several national and international universities/institutes, and leads several national and international projects in earthquake seismology.

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Title
Microearthquake Seismology and Seismotectonics of South Asia
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Edition
1st ed.
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8185589267
Length
xx+503p., Maps; Figures; Tables; References; Index; 25cm.
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