A review of Himalayan stratigraphy, magmatism, and structure

AJ Martin - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Himalayan Orogen consists of two rock packages that parallel the topographic
trend of the mountain belt between the eastern and western syntaxes. To avoid confusion …

Evolution of the Himalayan Paleogene foreland basin, influence of its litho-packet on the formation of thrust-related domes and windows in the Eastern Himalayas–A …

SK Acharyya - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2007 - Elsevier
Eocene–Oligocene foreland basin was formed in response to the India–Asia collision and
ensuing Himalayan orogenesis. The initial collision during late Paleocene to early Eocene …

Clockwise rotation of the Brahmaputra Valley relative to India: Tectonic convergence in the eastern Himalaya, Naga Hills, and Shillong Plateau

P Vernant, R Bilham, W Szeliga… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
GPS data reveal that the Brahmaputra Valley has broken from the Indian Plate and rotates
clockwise relative to India about a point a few hundred kilometers west of the Shillong …

Evaluating the geochemistry of groundwater contamination with iron and manganese and probabilistic human health risk assessment in endemic areas of the world's …

GK Sharma, RK Jena, P Ray, KK Yadav… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) are harmful for human health, if present in a higher
concentration, particularly in groundwater. The results of the study revealed that the …

Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of India

SK Nath, KKS Thingbaijam - Seismological Research …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Earthquake disasters occur mainly due to the collapse of buildings and structures triggered
by ground motions. It is, therefore, important to predict ground-shaking levels in order to …

The nature of Mesoproterozoic Central Indian Tectonic Zone with exhumed and reworked older granulites

SK Acharyya - Gondwana Research, 2003 - Elsevier
The ESE-WNW trending Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) divides the Indian subcontinent
into southern and northern crustal provinces. Its narrow northern belt consists of closed early …

An analysis of long-term rainfall trends and variability in the uttarakhand himalaya using google earth engine

A Banerjee, R Chen, M E. Meadows, RB Singh, S Mal… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper analyses the spatio-temporal trends and variability in annual, seasonal, and
monthly rainfall with corresponding rainy days in Bhilangana river basin, Uttarakhand …

Discontinuity-bounded alluvial sequences of the southern Gangetic Plains, India: aggradation and degradation in response to monsoonal strength

MR Gibling, SK Tandon… - Journal of …, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Discontinuity-bounded late Quaternary sequences in the southern Gangetic Plains
(Himalayan Foreland Basin) reflect floodplain aggradation and degradation in response to …

Gravity anomalies, flexure and the elastic thickness structure of the India–Eurasia collisional system

TA Jordan, AB Watts - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005 - Elsevier
We have used Bouguer gravity anomaly and topography data to determine the equivalent
elastic thickness of the lithosphere, Te in the region of the India–Eurasia collisional system …

Seismicity and one‐dimensional velocity structure of the Himalayan collision zone: Earthquakes in the crust and upper mantle

G Monsalve, A Sheehan… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Earthquakes beneath the Himalayan collision zone occur at depths between near surface
and around 100 km below sea level. After relocating earthquakes with two one‐dimensional …