Current Science

Y. J. Bhaskar Rao ¹, Shakeel Ahmed ¹, Vineet Gahalaut ¹, Anil Kumar ¹, M. Ravi Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 CSIR–National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, IN

Abstract

The National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, continued its scientific pursuit in many important areas of basic and applied earth sciences research encompassing geophysics, geology, geochemistry, geochronology and geodesy during the year 2014. The Institute is credited with 167 research publications and has accomplished several national and international projects. We give in this article an overview of three select scientific achievements.

Keywords

Aquifer Systems, Earth Sciences Research, Mafic Magmatism, Seismic Hazard.

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Vineet Gahalaut ¹

Affiliations
1 National Centre for Seismology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi 110 003, IN

Abstract

Tectonic processes on the Earth operate over a scale of millions of years. Today, we only see their cumulative outcome in terms of topographic build-up, evolution of landscape, emergence of island belts, reorganization of tectonic plates, etc. These processes cause crustal deformation through distinct phases of the earthquake cycle. An earthquake cycle operates over tens to hundreds of years. The process of strain accumulation in an earthquake cycle is slow, varying from less than a couple of millimetre per year in the plate interior (e.g. Indian peninsula) regions to less than a couple of centimetre per year in the plate boundary (e.g., Himalayan arc) regions.

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Vineet Gahalaut ¹

Affiliations
1 CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad 500 007, India, IN

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