Publication: Subsurface structure of Kanchanaburi area interpreted from aeromagnetic data
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2016-01-01
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01252526
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Chiang Mai Journal of Science. Vol.43, No.6Special Issue 2 (2016), 1316-1323
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Dhiti Tulyatid, Wanida Rangubpit Subsurface structure of Kanchanaburi area interpreted from aeromagnetic data. Chiang Mai Journal of Science. Vol.43, No.6Special Issue 2 (2016), 1316-1323. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/43144
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Subsurface structure of Kanchanaburi area interpreted from aeromagnetic data
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© 2016, Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. The Three Pagoda Fault Zone (TPFZ) is believed to have developed as a consequence of the Indian-Eurasian Collision, and is considered to originally have been a major left lateral shear zone activated during the Eocene - Oligocene. The fault zone probably reversed its movement to right lateral motion in Early Miocene, marking the opening of the Gulf of Thailand and the Central Plain. The fault zone may have had little or no slip in post mid-Miocene time before reactivation with right-lateral transpression in Pliocene to Holocene. A number of studies have suggested that only the most northwestern part of the TPFZ in Thailand is currently active. The interpretation of aeromagnetic data covering the area over Kanchanaburi and vicinity reveals distinct sets of lineaments believed to be associated with basement structure. Aeromagnetic anomalies have led us to suggest that the dextral-strike-slip movement of TPFZ may be associated with igneous intrusion occurred at the depths of approximately 1000 - 1500 m from the surface. The anomalies strongly reveal the SE-extension of the buried TPFZ path running through downtown Kanchanaburi (Tha Muang and Tha Maka Districts), parts of Ratchaburi and Nakhon Pathom Provinces, and through the southern part of the Bangkok Metropolitan region. Field studies have been carried out to preliminarily evaluate the existence of the major fault. This buried fault may become the location of future seismic activity located at or near to city centers along its path.