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Rao & Kalpna 2005
Rao, N.P. and Kalpna, n. (2005). Deformation of the subducted Indian lithospheric slab in the Burmese arc. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2004GL022034. issn: 0094-8276.

Stress inversion of focal mechanism data in the Burmese arc region indicates distinct stress fields above and below 90 km along the subducted Indian lithospheric slab. In the upper part, the σ1 and σ3 axes trend NNE and ESE respectively, in conjunction with the ambient stress field of the Indian plate. However, in the lower part of the slab there is no preferred orientation of the σ1 or σ2 axes, but a very well defined σ3 axis is observed, that trends steeply in the down-dip direction. It is inferred that while the upper part is governed by the NNE oriented horizontal plate tectonic forces, the lower part is governed entirely by tensile forces due to gravitational loading on the subducted slab. A model of attempted slab detachment at the base of the lithospheric contact zone is suggested, which is supported by results of high-resolution seismic tomographic studies in this region.

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Seismology, Seismicity and tectonics (1207, 1217, 1240, 1242), Tectonophysics, Continental tectonics, general, Tectonophysics, Stresses, general
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Geophysical Research Letters
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