Tectono-Geomorphic assessment in the Barak River Basin of Western Hills of Manipur, using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques.

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Dericks Praise Shukla.

2022-12-01

Manipur Hills of Indo Myanmar range (IMR) is tectonically very active as indicated by the recent 6.7 Mw earthquake of 3rd January 2016, and have a history of experiencing earthquakes of more than 6 Mw which includes 6 Mw 1930, 6 Mw 1953, 6.3 Mw 1880, 6.5 Mw 1939, 6.7 Mw 1950 and 7.2 Mw 1957 earthquakes. The region has high structural complexity and the lack of surficial signatures associated with the earthquakes. The consistency and effects of the regional faults such as the Dauki and Kopili Faults are observed in the Western Manipur Hills vis-a-vis the 6.7 MW earthquake of 2016 that falls under the Barak River basin.