Active fault, fault growth and segment linkage along the Janauri anticline (frontal foreland fold), NW Himalaya, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 327-343

  Malik, Javed N ^a   Shah, Afroz A ^a   Sahoo, Ajit K ^a   Puhan, B ^a   Banerjee, Chiranjib ^a   Shinde, Dattatraya P ^b   Juyal, Navin ^b   Singhvi, Ashok K ^b   Rath, Shishir K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Active faults; Fault related fold growth; Lateral propagation of fault; NW Himalaya; Paleoseismology; Segment linkage

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; HIMALAYAS; LATERAL PROPAGATION; PALEOSEISMOLOGY;

LANDFORMS; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; ANTICLINE; ASPERITY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SCARP; FOLD; PIEDMONT; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

INDIA; SUTLEJ RIVER;

EID: 76849107147     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Banerjee P., and Bürgmann R. Convergence across the northwest Himalaya from GPS measurements. Geophysical Research Letter 29 13 (2002) 30-1-30-4
2. Be ́s de Berc S., Soula J.C., Baby P., Souris M., Christophoul F., and Rosero J. Geomorphic evidence of active deformation and uplift in a modern continental wedge-top-foredeep transition: example of the eastern Ecuadorian Andes. Tectonophysics 399 (2005) 315-350
3. Burbank D.W., and Anderson R.S. Tectonic Geomorphology (2001), Blackwell Science 274
4. Burbank D.W., McLean J.K., Bullen M., Abdrakhmatov K.Y., and Miller M.M. Partitioning of intermontane basins by thrust-related folding, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan. Basin Research 11 (1999) 75-92
5. Cartwright J.A., Trudgill B.D., and Manfield C.S. Fault growth by segment linkage: an example for scatter in maximum displacement and trace length data from the Canyonlands Grabens of SE Utah. Journal of Structural Geology 17 (1995) 1319-1326
6. Champel B., van der B.P., Mugnier J.L., and Leturmy P. Growth and lateral propagation of fault-related folds in the Siwaliks of western Nepal: rates, mechanisms, and geomorphic signature. Journal of Geophysical Research 107 2111 (2002) 2-1-2-18
7. Davis K., Burbank D.W., Fisher D., Wallacec S., and Nobes D. Thrust-fault growth and segment linkage in the active Ostler fault zone, New Zealand. Journal of Structural Geology 27 (2005) 1528-1546
8. Delcaillau B., Deffontaines B., Floissac L., Angelier J., Deramond J., Souquet P., Chu H.T., and Lee J.F. Morphotectonic evidence from lateral propagation of active frontal fold; Pakuashan anticline, foothills of Taiwan. Geomorphology 24 (1998) 263-290
9. Delcaillau B., Carozza J.-M., and Laville E. Recent fold growth and drainage development: the Janauri and Chandigarh anticlines in the Siwalik foothills, northwest India. Geomorphology 76 (2006) 241-256
10. Gansser A. The geology of the Himalaya (1964), New York, Wiley Interscience pp. 189
11. Kaneda H., Awata Y., Nakata T., Tsutsumi H., Awan A.A., Hussain A., Khattak W., Ashraf M., Yeats R.S., and Baig M.S. Extensive surface fault rupture associated with the 2005 Mw 7.6 Pakistan earthquake. Abstract, 3rd Annual Meeting AOGS, Singapore (2006)
12. Kumar S., Wesnousky S.G., Rockwell T.K., Briggs R.W., Thakur V.C., and Jayangondaperumal R. Paleoseismic evidence of great surface rupture earthquakes along the Indian Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (2006) B03304 10.1029/2004JB003309
13. Lavé J., and Avouac J.P. Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwaliks Hills, Himalayas of central Nepal. Journal of Geophysical Research 105 B3 (2000) 5735-5770
14. Lavé J., Yule D., Sapkota S., Basant K., Madden C., Attal M., and Pandey R. Evidence for a Great Medieval Earthquake (1100 A.D.) in the Central Himalayas, Nepal. Science 307 (2005) 1302-1305
15. Lyon-Caen H., and Molnar P. Constraints on the structure of the Himalaya from the analysis of gravity anomalies and a flexural model of the lithosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 88 (1983) 8171-8191
16. Malik J.N., and Mathew G. Evidence of paleoearthquakes from trench investigations across Pinjore Garden fault in Pinjore Dun, NW Himalaya. Journal of Earth System Science 114 4 (2005) 387-400
17. Malik J.N., and Mohanty C. Active tectonic influence on the evolution of drainage and landscape: Geomorphic signatures from frontal and hinterland areas along Northwestern Himalaya, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 29 5-6 (2007) 604-618
18. Malik J.N., and Nakata T. Active faults and related late Quaternary deformation along the northwestern Himalayan Frontal Zone, India. Annals of Geophysics. 46 5 (2003) 917-936
19. Malik J.N., Nakata T., Philip G., and Virdi N.S. Preliminary observations from trench near Chandigarh, NW Himalaya and their bearing on active faulting. Current Science 85 12 (2003) 1793-1799
20. Malik J.N., Nakata T., Philip G., Suresh N., and Virdi N.S. Active fault and paleoseismic investigation: evidence of historic earthquake along Chandigarh Fault in the frontal Himalayan zone, NW India. Journal of Himalayan Geology 29 2 (2008) 109-117
21. McCalpin J.P. Paleoseismology (1996), Academic Press, New York 588
22. Meghraoui M., and Doumaz F. Earthquake-induced flooding and paleoseismicity of El Asnam, Algeria, fault-related fold. Journal Geophysical Research 101 B8 (1996) 17,617-17,644
23. Meghraoui M., Gomez F., Sbeinati R., Vander Woerd J., Mouty M., Darkal A.N., Radwan Y., Layyous I., Najjar H.A., Darawcheh R., Hijazi F., Ghazzi R.A., and Barazangi M. Evidence for 830 years of quiescence from palaeoseismology, archaeoseismology and historical seismicity along the Dead Sea fault in Syria. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 210 (2003) 35-52
24. Mueller K., and Talling P. Geomorphic evidence for tears faults accommodating lateral propagation of an active fault-bend fold, Wheeler Ridge, California. Journal of Structural Geology 19 3-4 (1997) 397-411
25. Mugnier J.-L., Delcaillau B., Huyghe P., and Leturm P. The break-back thrust splay of the Main Dun Thrust (Himalayas of western Nepal): evidence of an intermediate displacement scale between earthquake slip and finite geometry of thrust systems. Journal of Structural Geology 20 7 (1998) 857-864
26. Mugnier J.-L., Huyghe P., Leturm P., and Jouanne F. Episodicity and rates of thrust-sheet motion in the Himalayas (western Nepal), in K. R. McClay, ed. Thrust tectonics and hydrocarbon systems: AAPG Memoir 82 (2004) 91-114
27. Nakata, T., 1972. Geomorphic history and crustal movements of foothills of the Himalaya. Published Ph. D thesis by Sendai Institute of Geography, Tohuku University, pp. 77.
28. Nakata T. On Quaternary tectonics around Himalayas. Science Report published by Tohuku University, 7th Ser. (Geogr.) vol. 22 (1975) 111-118
29. Nakata T. Active faults of the Himalaya of India and Nepal. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 232 (1989) 243-264
30. Nakata T., Otsuki K., and Khan S.H. Active faults, stress field, and plate motion along the Indo-Eurasian plate boundary. Tectonophysics 181 (1990) 83-95
31. Nakata T., Tsusumi H., and Khan S.H. Active faults of Pakistan: Map sheets and inventories. Research Center for Regional Geography, Hiroshima University (1991) Spec. Publ. 21: 141 pp
32. Oatney E.M., Virdi N.S., and Yeats R.S. Contribution of Trans-Yamuna active fault system towards hanging wall strain release above the décollement, Himalayan Foothills of Northwest India. Journal Himalayan Geology 22 (2001) 9-27
33. Pantosti D., Martini P.M.D., Koukouvelas I., Stamatopoulos L., Palyvos N., Pucci S., Lemeille F., and Pavlides S. Palaeoseismological investigations of the Aigion Fault (Gulf of Corinth, Greece). C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004) 335-342
34. Powers P.M., Lillie R.J., and Yeats R.S. Structure and shortening of the Kangra and Dehra Dun Reentrants, Sub Himalaya, India. Geological Society of American Bulletin 110 (1998) 1010-1027
35. Seeber L., Armbruster J.G., and Quittmeyer R.C. Seismicity and continental subduction in the Himalayan arc. Geodynamics Ser. vol. 5 (1981), AGU, Washington, D. C
36. Simoes M., Avouac J.P., Chen Y.-G., Singhvi A.K., Wang C.Y., Jaiswal M., Chan Y.-C., and Bernard S. Kinematic analysis of the Pakuashan fault tip fold, west central Taiwan: shortening rate and age of folding inception. Journal of Geophysical Research 112 (2007) B03S14 10.1029/2005JB004198
37. Thakur V.C. Active tectonics of Himalayan Frontal Thrust and seismic hazard to Ganga Plain. Current Science 86 11 (2004) 1554-1560
38. Thakur V.C., Pandey A.K., and Suresh N. Late Quaternary-Holocene evolution of Dun structure and the Himalayan Frontal Fault zone of the Garhwal sub-Himalaya, NW India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 29 (2007) 305-319
39. Valdiya K.S. The Main Boundary Thrust zone of Himalaya, India. Annals Tectonicae 6 (1992) 54-84
40. Valdiya K.S., Joshi D.D., Sanwal R., and Tandon S.K. Geomorphological development across the active Main Boundary Thrust: an example from Nainital Hills in Kumaun Himalaya. Journal of Geological Society of India 25 (1984) 761-774
41. Walsh J.J., Nicol A., and Childs C. An alternative model for the growth of faults. Journal of Structural Geology 24 (2002) 1669-167
42. Wesnousky S.G., Kumar S., Mohindra R., and Thakur V.C. Uplift and convergence along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust. Tectonics 18 6 (1999) 967-976
43. Yeats R.S., and Hussain A. Surface Features of the Mw 7.6, 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake, northern himalaya, Pakistan: Implications for the Himalayan Front (2006), Abstract, Seismol. Soci. America
44. Yeats R.S., Nakata T., Farah A., Fort M., Mirza M.A., Pandey M.R., and Stein R.S. The Himalayan frontal fault system. Annale Tectonicae 6 suppl (1992) 85-98
45. Yeats R.S., Sieh K., and Allen C.R. Geology of earthquakes (1997), Oxford Univ, Press 568 p