Seismotectonic Atlas of India and Its Environs

Contents: Foreword. Introduction. Legend. Seisat : 1. Western Himalayan Syntaxis between Kohistan Arc and Potwar Plateau. 2. Tibetan Plateau and Kashmir – Ladakh Himalaya. 3. Trans – Himalaya between Karakoram and Altyn Tagh Faults. 4. North Rajasthan Punjab sector. 5. Himachal Himalaya and adjoining Indogangetic Plains. 6. Himachal, Kumaon – Garhwal Himalaya and their environs. 7. Thar Desert and Plains of Jaisalmer – Barmer area. 8. Marwar Plateau and South Delhi Fold Belt. 9. North Delhi Fold Belt and part of Vindhyan Basin. 10. Indo-Gangetic Plains of Uttar Pradesh and Uplands of Madhya Pradesh. 11. Nepal Himalaya and adjoining Indo-Gangetic Plains. 12. Eastern Nepal Himalaya and Indo-Gangetic Plains of Bihar. 13. Sikkim Himalaya and Purnia Basin. 14. Northeastern Himalaya, Brahmaputra Foredeep, Shillong Plateau and the Surma Fold Belt. 15. Northeast Himalaya and Mishmi block. 16. The Arunachal Himalaya, Brahmaputra Foredeep and Northern Indo-Burma ranges. 17. The Mishmi block – Southern Tibet and Northernmost extension of Indo-Burmese Arc. 18. Kutch and Saurashtra area of Gujarat. 19. Aravalli – Delhi Belt of Rajasthan and Cambay Basin of Gujarat. 20. Malwa Plateau and Narmada Valley of Khandwa area, Madhya Pradesh. 21. Central Indian tectonic zone around Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. 22. Gondwana of Rewa and Mahanadi Basins of Madhya Pradesh. 23. Singhbhum and Chhotanagpur Crustal province of the Eastern Indian Shield. 24. Chotanagpur gneissic terrain, Rajmahal Basin and Bengal Basin area. 25. Surma Chittagong Fold Belt. 26. Indo-Burmese Arc and Chindwin Basin. 27. Coastal tracts of Maharashtra, Daman and Southern Gujarat. 28. Upper Godavari Valley – plateau terrains of Maharashtra and Karnataka. 29. Eastern Dharwar – Southern Bastar and Godavari Valley sector. 30. Chattisgarh – Indravati – Eastern Ghat sector. 31. Eastern Ghat Granulite Belt – Mahanadi sector. 32. Western part of Dharwar Craton. 33. Parts of Western and Eastern Dharwar Craton. 34. Kolar – Cuddapah – Eastern Ghat sector. 35. Godavari Delta area & Southern Granulite Belt of Tamil Nadu – Kerala. 36. Northeast Indian Ocean and the Andaman outer arc ridge. 37. Offshore Burma and the North Andaman Sea. 38. Western Dharwar Craton – Pandyan mobile belt. 39. Southern Dharwar – Southern Granulite – Palghat Cauveri shear sector. 40. South Andaman – Car Nicobar – Teresa Island outer arc ridge. 41. Andaman Backarc marginal sea basin. 42. Godavari Delta area & Southern Granulite Belt of Tamil Nadu – Kerala. 43. The great Nicobar Island and the West Andaman Fault.

From the introduction : "Seismotectonic Atlas (SEISAT) of India and its Environs is a compilation of multi-thematic data base comprising 43 maps (presented in 42 sheets; SEISAT 35 & 42 presented in a single sheet) of 30 x 40 size covering India and adjacent regions of neighbouring countries on 1 : 1 million scale. To present these maps in uniform shape and size and as effects of earthquakes are felt in adjacent regions as well, international boundaries are not depicted in the maps. Geographical base for all maps have been taken from the International Map Series of the World prepared by Survey of India on Lambert Conformal Conic projection. A simplified tectono-stratigraphic legend based on various maps published by GSI has been prepared and accordingly base map for all sheets compiled over which various geophysical, structural, seismicity and geothermal data relevant to seismotectonics have been superposed. All data compiled are from published sources and no attempt has been made to interpret these data in the perspective of seismotectonics; rather they are presented in the form as in the original source. The basic purpose for presenting such data in a coherent format is to facilitate downstream analysis, interpretation and utilisation of such maps in the framework of earthquake geology, seismotectonics and seismic hazard assessment. Each map in the Atlas is accompanied by a short write up and text figures to describe the various features and data presented. Major sources from where data have been compiled as well as key map indicating the organisation of the serially numbered sheets are indicated in the even pages facing the map. The Atlas format has been chosen because there exists a vast difference in levels of details in the data base in respect of different tectonic domains of the Indian subcontinent and it would not have been possible to incorporate these variable data and information in a single map."