Paleoseismological studies in India (2016-2020): status and prospects

CP Rajendran, T Singh, M Mukul… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - eprints.iisc.ac.in
The last few years have witnessed consistent growth in paleoseismic investigations and
active fault research in India. An overview of relevant publications during 2016-2020 …

An embryonic fold and thrust belt south of the Himalayan morphological front: Examples from the Central Nepal and Darjeeling piedmonts

JL Mugnier, P Huyghe, E Large, F Jouanne… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The morphological boundary between the Himalayas and the foreland plain is well
expressed and most often corresponds to the frontal emergence of the Main Himalayan …

[HTML][HTML] A GIS-based assessment of active tectonics from morphometric parameters and geomorphic indices of Assam Region, India

L Gupta, N Agrawal, J Dixit, S Dutta - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Assam region is mainly formed by the deposit and erosion process of the Brahmaputra
River. The frequency of seismic events results in landform deformation, which highly …

[HTML][HTML] Orogenic segmentation and its role in Himalayan mountain building

M Hubbard, M Mukul, AP Gajurel, A Ghosh… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The continental collision process has made a large contribution to continental growth and
reconfiguration of cratons throughout earth history. Many of the mountain belts present today …

Progressive evolution of thrust fold topography in the frontal Himalaya

DR Wahyudi, HD Sinclair, SM Mudd - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
The bulk of the crustal shortening across the Himalayas is accommodated across the Main
Frontal Thrust (MFT), forming the topographic ridges of the Siwalik Hills. Here, we quantify …

Studying active fault-related folding on tectonically inverted orogens: A case study at the Yariguíes Range in the Colombian Northern Andes

S Machuca, H García-Delgado, F Velandia - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Morphometric analysis is widely used in tectonic geomorphology as a useful method for
identifying fold activity in terms of its lateral and vertical growth. This study evaluates the …

Geomorphological responses of rivers to active tectonics along the Siwalik Hills, Midwestern Nepalese Himalaya

I Bhattarai, ND Gani, L Xue - Journal of Mountain Science, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Nepalese Himalaya is well known for ongoing collisional tectonics, witnessed
by major historical and recent earthquakes. The Siwalik Hills in Midwestern Nepalese …

Active transfer faulting in the NW Sub-Himalaya (India) observed by space-borne topographic analyses

HS Gill, T Singh, S Singh, JR Kim, R Caputo… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The results of surface morphology and InSAR analyses carried out along a NNE-SSW
oriented (~ 7 km-long) transfer fault are presented. This structure actively accommodates …

Exploring the roles of climate and tectonics in the geomorphic evolution of the Chitwan Intermontane valley, Central Himalaya

A Divyadarshini, V Singh, MK Jaiswal, M Rawat - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
The Himalayan front exhibits varying convergence rates along its length. This study
examines the morphotectonic evolution of the landforms in an intermontane valley (viz …

Evidence of blind thrusting in the frontal part of the Central Himalaya and its significance for rupture evolution and size of a medieval earthquake

A Divyadarshini, CP Rajendran, B John, V Singh… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The central Himalaya has remained the prime focus for paleoseismic investigations to
decipher the timing and extent of past great earthquakes. Several damaging earthquakes in …