Geosciences Applications

Monitoring crustal deformation using advanced space geodetic techniques such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) is useful for analyzing and quantifying seismic hazard in tectonically active areas. Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)that use GPS are being used to measure plate movements. NRSC plans for such CORS observations along major Himalayan thrusts belts (HFT/MBT/MCT and ISSZ). For this, nine CORS have been established in Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Batwari and Roorkee(in Uttarakhand) and Manali, Chandigarh, Pinjore (Haryana), Shimla and Sundernagar in Himachal Pradesh. The preliminary displacements from of each site from 2014 to 2018 has been estimated. The results of the observations are currently being analysed to.