Dr. G. SRIJAYANTHI (Scientist-B)

G. SRIJAYANTHI (Scientist-B)

Thrust area of research :

  • Earthquake relocation using the double difference method.

  • Seismic structure using converted phase techniques.

  • Seismic Anisotropy in subduction zones and lowermost mantle.

Significant papers :

  • Hazarika, P., Kumar, M. R., Srijayanthi, G., Raju, P.S., Rao, N. P., Srinagesh, D., (2010). Transverse Tectonics in Sikkim Himalaya: Evidences from seismicity and focal mechanism data, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 100:1816–1822.

  • Kumar, P., Kumar, M. R., Srijayanthi, G., Arora, K., Srinagesh, D., Chadha, R. K., Sen, M. K. (2013). Imaging the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary of the Indian plate using converted wave techniques. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50366.

  • Roy, S. K., Kumar, M. R., Bhaskar Rao, Y. J., Srijayanthi, G., Srinagesh,D., Satyanarayana, H. V., Sarkar, D. (2016). Imprints of diverse mantle defor-mational episodes in the Cauvery Suture Zone, South India. Precambrian Res., 278, 207–217.

  • Kumar, P., Srijayanthi, G. and Kumar, M. R., (2016). Seismic evidence for tearing in the subducting Indian slab beneath the Andaman arc, Geophys. Res. Lett, 43, 4899–4904.

  • Srijayanthi, G., Kumar, M. R., Prasanna, S. and Rao, N.P. (2017). Source Characteristics of the 2012 Earthquake Swarm Activity in the Andaman Spreading Ridge, J. Ind. Geophys. Union., 21 (1), 25-33

  • Srijayanthi, G. and Kumar, M. R., Subslab anisotropy in the Andaman subduction zone controlled by slab dip?. Phy. Ear. Plan. In., 286 (2019) 21–28.

  • Srijayanthi, G. and Kumar, M.R. (2020) Seismicity, lithospheric structure and mantle deformation in the Andaman Nicobar Subduction Zone, In Jyotiranjan S. Ray, M. Radhakrishna (Eds.), The Andaman Islands and Adjoining Offshore: Geology, Tectonics and Paleoclimate, In book series of Society of Earth Scientists, Springer Nature AG Publishers, Switzerland.

Major projects completed/ongoing :

  • Processing and Interpretation of MEQ Data for the Study of Seismogenic Sources Around the Subansiri Lower H.E. Project.

  • Intraplate seismicity in India and Norway: Distribution, properties and causes.

Honours/Awards :

  • CSIR-SRF: 2011

  • CSIR-Research Associate: 2018

News

Detailed geophysical and geological investigations to identify copper lead and zinc mineralization around Ambaji, Banaskantha district are in progress.

ISR has initiated a project on imaging the shallow subsurface of the Kachchh district for delineation of ground water aquifers and fresh water-saline water interface.