T11E:
India-Asia Collision from Head-on Continent-Continent Collision to Highly Oblique Oceanic Subduction: Processes, Products, and Progress I

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Jonathan C Aitchison, University of Sydney, School of Geosciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Geoffrey L Clarke, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Trevor R Ireland, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and Lloyd T White, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
Primary Conveners:  Jonathan C Aitchison, University of Sydney, School of Geosciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Co-conveners:  Geoffrey L Clarke, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Talat Ahmad, University of Kashmir, Vice Chancellors Office, Srinagar, India and Trevor R Ireland, Australian Natl Univ, RSES, Canberra, Australia
OSPA Liaisons:  Lloyd T White, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
West-East Variability in Indian Subduction Geometry: New Seismic Receiver Function Profile Across the Himalaya and Lhasa Terrane Along 92°E
Simon L Klemperer1, Danian Shi2, Zhenhan Wu3, Wenjin Zhao3, Guangqi Xue3 and Heping Xu3, (1)Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Institute of Mineral Resources, Beijing, China, (3)Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China
8:15 AM
 
Forearc Basin Structure in the Andaman-Nicobar Segment of the Sumatra-Andaman Subduction Zone: Insight from High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Data
Raphaele E Moeremans and Satish Chandra Singh, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
8:30 AM
 
Seismicity and Seismotectonics in the Himalaya of Bhutan: Insights from the GANSSER Seismic Network
Tobias Diehl1, Julia Singer2, György Hetényi1,2, Eduard H Kissling2 and John F Clinton1, (1)ETH Zurich, Swiss Seismological Service, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)ETH Zurich, Institute of Geophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
8:45 AM
 
Source process of the Sikkim earthquake 18th September, 2011, inferred from teleseismic body-wave inversion.
Sunilkumar T C, AcSIR, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore, India and Anil Earnest, Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore, India
9:00 AM
 
Long Indian Slab in the Mantle Transition Zone Under Eastern Tibet: Evidence from Teleseismic Tomography
Jianshe Lei1, Dapeng Zhao2 and Xiaohui Zha1, (1)Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China, (2)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
9:15 AM
 
Deep structures beneath Karakoram Fault revealed by deep seismic reflection profile
Zhanwu Lu1, Rui Gao1, Simon L Klemperer2 and Cyndi Kelly2, (1)Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, United States
9:30 AM
 
New Constraints on the Geometry and Kinematics of Active Faults in the Hinterland of the Northwest Himalaya
Kristin D Morell1, Mike Sandiford2, Chittenipattu C P Rajendran3, David Fink4 and Barry Paul Kohn2, (1)University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, (2)University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, (3)Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, (4)Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Kirrawee, Australia
9:45 AM
 
MODIFICATION OF THE HIMALAYAN OROGENIC WEDGE BY LATE CENOZOIC SOUTHEASTWARD FLOW OF TIBET
Kip V Hodges1, Kelin X Whipple1, Eric Kirby2, Ramon Arrowsmith1 and Manoochehr Shirzaei1, (1)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
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