The Andaman-Nicobar accretionary ridge : geology, tectonics and hazards / edited by P. C. Bandopadhyay, University of Calcutta, India, and A. Carter, Birkbeck University of London, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bandopadhyay, P. C., editor.

Carter, A. (Andrew), editor.

Series:

Memoir (Geological Society of London) ; Number 47.

Memoir (Geological Society of London) ; Number 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seismology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Seismology.

Plate tectonics--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Plate tectonics.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Geology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Geology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Other Title:

Andaman-Nicobar Accretionary Ridge

Andaman–Nicobar Accretionary Ridge

Andaman–Nicobar Accretionary Ridge

Place of Publication:

London : Geological Society, [2017]

Summary:

Rocks exposed across the hundreds of islands that belong to the 800 km long Andaman-Nicobar archipelago provide a condensed window into the active subduction zone that separates the India-Australia plate from the over-riding Burma-Sunda plate. Despite a strategic and seismically active location the Andaman-Nicobar ridge has seen comparatively little research. This Memoir provides the first detailed and comprehensive account of geological mapping and research across the island chain and adjacent ocean basins.

Contents:

Introduction and history of mapping and research / P.C. Bandopadhyay

Introduction to the geography and geomorphology of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands / P.C. Bandopadhyay & A. Carter

Regional context of the geology of the Andaman-Nicobar accretionary ridge / P.D. Clift

Cenozoic rifting, passive margin development and strike-slip faulting in the Andaman Sea: a discussion of established v. new tectonic models / C.K. Morley

Regional tectonics, structure and evolution of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands from ophiolite formation and obduction to collision and back-arc spreading / C.K. Morley & M. Searle

Geological framework of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands / P.C. Bandopadhyay & A. Carter

Andaman-Nicobar Ophiolites, India: origin, evolution and emplacement / B. Ghosh, D. Bandopadhyay & T. Morishita

Mithakhari deposits / P.C. Bandopadhyay & A. Carter

Submarine fan deposits: petrography and geochemistry of the Andaman Flysch / P.C. Bandopadhyay & A. Carter

Provenance of Oligocene Andaman sandstones (Andaman-Nicobar Islands): Ganga-Brahmaputra or Irrawaddy derived? / M. Limonta, A. Resentini, A. Carter, P.C. Bandopadhyay & E. Garzanti

The Archipelago Group: current understanding / P.C. Bandopadhyay & A. Carter

Inner-arc volcanism: Barren and Narcondam islands / P.C. Bandopadhyay

Anatomy of the Andaman-Nicobar subduction system from seismic reflection data / S.C. Singh & R. Moeremans

Seismicity of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands and Andaman Sea / A. Carter & P.C. Bandopadhyay

The 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami / A. Carter & P.C. Bandopadhyay

Natural resources / P.C. Bandopadhyay, B. Ghosh & A. Carter

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78620-301-4