Two-dimensional crustal velocity structure along Hirapur-Mandla profile from seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection data

The seismic velocity structure of the upper and lower crusts along Hirapur-Mandla profile was obtained by 2-D forward modeling of the refraction and wide-angle reflection data. Digitized record sections of the analog data were utilized for delineation of the crustal velocity model across the Vindhyan basin and the Narmada-Son lineament by travel-time modeling and qualitatively matching the amplitudes of synthetic seismograms with seismic record sections. An interface at a depth of 8 km has been traced from wide-angle reflection data of shot points 160 and 235 between Jabalpur and Mandla. The wide-angle reflection phase from crust-mantle boundary is very prominent in all the seismic record sections of shot points 0, 40, 80, 120 and 235. The Moho horizon along the entire study area was continuously traced, depicting an upwarp between Katangi and Jabalpur below the Narmada-Son lineament. The three faults inferred near Narsinghgarh, Katangi and Jabalpur divide the crust into four blocks. The number of faults and displacement patterns along them, depicted along the profile, indicates that block tectonics appear to be active in this region throughout the geological history.