Studies on Seismotectonics and Geodynamical Processes Between India and Antarctica

Abstract

Seismotectonic and the geodynamical processes between India and Antarctica are essential. During the initial 25 years of Indian expeditions, India's National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) launched a GPS-Geodesy programme by establishing a permanent GPS tracking station and a state-of-the-art Digital Broad Band Seismological Observatory Maitri during 1997. Both these stations have been continuously operational. It addresses the crustal deformation in the south of the Indian peninsula, the driving mechanisms, and the response of the Indian Ocean lithosphere bringing a deep understanding of the causes of the accumulation processes of strain in the Indian Ocean and the northward movement of the Indian plate.