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Greater Maldive Ridge(GMR)

February 19, 2022
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In news– In a recent study, an Indian researcher traced the tectonic evolution and the nature of the Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR) , a very crucial geodynamic feature in the western Indian Ocean whose origin has been the centre of many scientific debates.

About the study-

  • The study was conducted by the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.
  • The study has chalked the possible geological cross-sections along the GMR for the first time with the help of satellite-derived high-resolution gravity data. 
  • The researchers postulated that the GMR may be underlain by an oceanic crust.
  • The results from their study can provide additional constraints in understanding the plate-tectonic evolution of the Indian Ocean.
  • The study can help reconstruct the original Gondwanaland break up and dispersal that led to present-day configuration of continents, continental fragments, and formation of ocean basins in the Indian Ocean.
  • It provides the crustal architecture and the state of gravitational equilibrium between Earth’s crust and mantle (isostasy) of the Greater Maldive Ridge segment of the larger Chagos-Laccadive Ridge (CLR) system. 
  • The study, based mainly on the interpretation of gravity anomalies (small differences in the pull of gravity) with broadband seismic and refraction seismic data, provided for the first time a three-dimensional picture of the variation of Moho along the Greater Maldive Ridge and the adjoining ocean basins. 
  • IIG team found that Moho is deeper over the Maldive Ridge (MR) segment and shallows southwards in the Deep Sea Channel region (DSC). 
  • However, the effective elastic thickness (a proxy for the strength of the lithosphere) values were lower over the MR compared to the DSC region.
  • The research suggests that Maldive Ridge might have formed in the close vicinity of the Mid-Oceanic Ridge (where creation of a new ocean floor occurs due to divergent motion of lithospheric plates or spreading centre). 

About Maldive Ridge– 

  • It is an aseismic ridge that is not associated with earthquake activities. 
  • It is located in the western Indian Ocean, southwest of India, which is not well investigated. 
  • It is of paramount importance to gain knowledge on the structure and geodynamics of aseismic ridges (as it provides valuable inputs towards understanding the evolution of ocean basins).
  • It extends from the western shore of the Indian Peninsula to the Arabian-Indian (or Carlsberg) Ridge. 
  • The peaks of the Maldive Ridge rise above the water, forming coral islands (atolls)—the Laccadive Islands, Maldive Islands, and Chagos Archipelago.

What is Mohorovicic discontinuity (Moho)?

  • The Mohorovičić discontinuity, usually referred to as the Moho discontinuity or the Moho, is the boundary between the Earth’s crust and the mantle. 
  • It is defined by the distinct change in velocity of seismological waves as they pass through changing densities of rock.

 

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