Tuting-Tidding Suture Zone (TTSZ)
- It comprises a major part of the Eastern Himalaya, where the Himalaya takes a sharp southward bend and connects with the Indo-Burma Range.
- This part of the Arunachal Himalaya has gained significant importance in recent times due to the growing need of constructing roads and hydropower projects, making the need for understanding the pattern of seismicity in this region critical.
- A recent study in the TTSZ) in the Eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh, has found that the area is generating moderate earthquakes at two different depths.
- The crustal thickness in this area (TTSZ) varies from 46.7 km beneath the Brahmaputra Valley to about 55 ....
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