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dc.contributor.authorAjay, K.K.
dc.contributor.authorChaubey, A.K.
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-22T05:31:26Z
dc.date.available2008-02-22T05:31:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationGeo-Marine Letters, Vol.28(1); 15-22p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/961
dc.description.abstractUnreported depth anomalies in the Arabian Basin, northwest Indian Ocean is presented previously, to provide constraints on the evolution of the oceanic lithosphere of that basin. The depth anomaly reported in this study was calculated as the difference between the observed depth to oceanic basement (corrected for sediment load) and the calculated depth to oceanic basement of the same age. The results indicate an anomalous depth to basement of oceanic crust in the Arabian Basin in the age bracket of 63-42 Ma, suggesting that subsidence in this basin does not follow the age-depth relationship of normal oceanic crust. The depth anomalies in the basin vary from +501 to −905 m. A negative depth anomaly zone, mapped in the eastern part of the basin near the Laccadive Ridge, indicates that here the basement depth is shallower than predicted. By contrast, a positive depth anomaly zone, mapped in the western part of the basin, indicates a deeper basement depth than expected. It is proposed that the excess subsidence of basement of the western part of the basin is probably caused by a relatively cold mantle, compared to the nearby eastern part of the basin which is affected by the intense thermal field of the former Reunion hotspot. Here, the rise in oceanic basement is caused by the vertical upwelling of oceanic crust due to convection, followed by a lateral across-axis flow facilitated by the Reunion hotspot at the time of spreading in early Tertiary times. This interpretation is in good agreement with spreading-ridge propagation and ridge-hotspot interaction reported earlier for the basin.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
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dc.subjectIndian Ocean
dc.subjectArabian Basin
dc.subjectsediments
dc.subjectupwelling
dc.subjectLaccadive Ridge
dc.titleDepth anomalies in the Arabian Basin, NW Indian Ocean
dc.typeJournal Article


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