Journal
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 599, Issue -, Pages 210-222Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.07.038
Keywords
Slickensides; Paleostress; Vigodi fault; Western kachchh; India
Funding
- Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India [(270)/AFM/2015]
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This paper elucidates the deformational and kinematic characteristics of the NW-SE trending Vigodi Fault and its associated subsidiary faults in the western Kachchh basin, using paleostress inversion technique. It is found that NE-SW compressive stress dominates the regional area, while the local area is affected by transpressional stress exhibiting oblique slip motion. The combined observations can be used for seismic hazard estimation and mitigation planning in the study area.
In this paper, we elucidated deformational and kinematic characteristics of the NW-SE trending Vigodi Fault (VF) and its associated subsidiary faults in the western Kachchh basin. We applied paleostress inversion technique to understand the past stress regime from the acquired fault slip data. The subsidiary faults strike NW-SE and NESW and slickensided surfaces are well developed on the Fault planes. We present slip analysis and changes in the stress reorientation using the plane solutions to identify the principal stress axis (sigma 1) position regionally. To obtain Pressure Tension and Null axis (PBT), stress ratio, and principal (sigma 1) axis we used the right Dihedron Method using the Win-Tensor and T-Tecto software's respectively. Geomorphologically, the VF zone comprises of bedrock strath terraces towards the upthrown block and fill terraces on the downthrown block of the fault. Development of fault scarps, warped Quaternary sediments, slit canyons within Quaternary sediments, river nick-points, and deflected rivers are the major striking features observed along the strike length of the Vigodi Fault. The analyses indicate that NE-SW compressional stress dominates the regional area and the local area is affected by transpressional stress exhibiting oblique slip motion. The combined observations made from the present investigation can be used to estimate seismic hazard and mitigation planning of the study area.
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