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US-India
Cooperative Research: Investigation of Activity along
the Himalayan Main Central Thrust-Present Geomorphology and Past Slip,
Garhwal, NW India.
PI: Dr. E.J. Catlos; co-PI, Dr. R. Marston (OSU); Dr. C.S. Dubey (U. Delhi).
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From the NSF Website
Elizabeth Catlos of Oklahoma State University
(OSU) and Indian collaborator Chandra Dubey of the University of Delhi
will study mass movements within the Himalayan Main Central Thrust (MCT)
shear zone and profiles of major rivers that cross the zone to gain
understanding of the mechanisms involved during continental collision.
The goal is to use a combined geochemical, structural, and
geomorphologic approach to test the hypothesis that the MCT shear zone
accommodated slip and has sustained seismic activity since the Miocene.
They will also investigate the temporal and spatial distribution of mass
movement within the MCT shear zone in NW India. The Himalayas are an
ideal natural laboratory for studying continental convergence and this
research will have broader significance and implications for most other
mountain belts. |
