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Evidence, of paleoearthquakes from trench investigations across Pinjore Garden fault in Pinjore Dun, NW Himalaya

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Title Evidence, of paleoearthquakes from trench investigations across Pinjore Garden fault in Pinjore Dun, NW Himalaya
 
Creator MALIK, JN
MATHEW, G
 
Subject plate-boundary
earthquake
kinematics
geometry
thrust
deformation
hazard
india
pinjore
himalaya
active faults
paleoearthquakes
trench
 
Description The Pinjore Garden Fault (PGF) striking NNW-SSE is now considered one of the active faults displacing the younger Quaternary surfaces in the piggyback basin of Pinjore Dun: This has displaced the older Kalka and Pinjore surfaces, along with the other younger surfaces giving rise to WSW and SW-facing fault scarps with heights ranging from 2 to 16m. The PGF represents a younger branch of the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) system. An similar to 4m wide trench excavated across the PGF has revealed displacement of younger Quaternary deposits along a low angle thrust fault. Either side of the trench-walls reveals contrasting slip-related deformation of lithounits. The northern wall shows displacement of lithounits along a low-angle thrust fault, while the southern wall shows well-developed fault-related folding of thick sand unit. The sudden change in the deformational features on the southern wall is an evidence of the changing fault geometry within a short distance. Out of five prominent lithounits identified in the trench, the lower four units show displacement along a single fault. The basal unit 'A' shows maximum displacement of about T-o = 2.85 m, unit B = 1.8 m and unit C = 1.45 m. The displacement measured between the sedimentary units and retro-deformation of trench log suggests that at least two earthquake events have occurred along the PGF. The units A and D mark the event horizons. Considering the average amount of displacement during one single event (2m) and the minimum length of the fault trace (similar to 45 km), the behaviour of PGF seems similar to that of the Himalayan Frontal Fault (HFF) and appears capable of producing large magnitude earthquakes.
 
Publisher INDIAN ACADEMY SCIENCES
 
Date 2011-08-02T03:30:50Z
2011-12-26T12:53:40Z
2011-12-27T05:40:25Z
2011-08-02T03:30:50Z
2011-12-26T12:53:40Z
2011-12-27T05:40:25Z
2005
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE, 114(4), 387-400
0253-4126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02702139
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/8640
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/8640
 
Language en