Himalayan earthquakes: a review of historical seismicity and early 21st century slip potential

R Bilham - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
This article summarizes recent advances in our knowledge of the past 1000 years of
earthquakes in the Himalaya using geodetic, historical and seismological data, and …

Structural interpretation of the great earthquakes of the last millennium in the central Himalaya

JL Mugnier, A Gajurel, P Huyghe… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
A major question about the Himalaya remains open: does a great earthquake (like the Mw~
8.1 1934 earthquake) release all the strain stored by the Tibet–India convergence during the …

[HTML][HTML] A composite rupture model for the great 1950 Assam earthquake across the cusp of the East Himalayan Syntaxis

A Coudurier-Curveur, P Tapponnier, E Okal… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Although the M= w 8.7, 1950 Assam earthquake endures as the largest continental
earthquake ever recorded, its exact source and mechanism remain contentious. In this …

A review on out-of-sequence deformation in the Himalaya

S Mukherjee - Special Publications, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
Out-of-sequence deformation in the Himalaya has been caused mainly by thrusting. Out-of-
sequence thrusts, usually north-to NE-dipping foreshear planes, occur inside the Sub …

[HTML][HTML] Paleoseismological investigation along the back thrust bounding the northern limb of Janauri Anticline, NW Himalaya, India

GC Kothyari, N Joshi, SP Naik, AK Taloor… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Regardless of numerous paleoseismological studies along the active front of the Himalayas,
it still lacks precision with respect to earthquake recurrence, rupture, slip mechanism, etc …

Paleoseismic evidence from trench investigation along Hajipur fault, Himalayan Frontal Thrust, NW Himalaya: implications of the faulting pattern on landscape …

JN Malik, AK Sahoo, AA Shah, DP Shinde… - Journal of structural …, 2010 - Elsevier
The study area falls within the mesoseismal zone of 1905 Kangra earthquake (Mw 7.8). Two
parallel NNW–SSE striking active fault scarps named as Hajipur Faults (HF1 and HF2) along …

Paleoseismic evidence of the CE 1505 (?) and CE 1803 earthquakes from the foothill zone of the Kumaon Himalaya along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT), India

JN Malik, SP Naik, S Sahoo, K Okumura, A Mohanty - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
The importance of understanding earthquake sources in India and Nepal was underscored
by the disastrous 2015 earthquakes of 25 April Gorkha (Mw 7.8) and 12 May Kodari (Mw 7.3 …

Great pending Himalaya earthquakes

SG Wesnousky - Seismological Society of America, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Geological, historical, and geophysical observations show that the entire Himalayan arc is
poised to produce a sequence of great earthquakes, possibly similar to that which occurred …

Geological evidence of paleo-earthquakes on a transverse right-lateral strike-slip fault along the NW Himalayan front: implications towards fault segmentation and …

JN Malik, S Arora, MS Gadhavi, G Singh… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Northwest Himalaya hosted several major earthquakes, with the most recent 1905 (Mw7. 8),
exhibits complex distribution of faults along the Nahan Salient and Kangra re-entrant …

Active fault, fault growth and segment linkage along the Janauri anticline (frontal foreland fold), NW Himalaya, India

JN Malik, AA Shah, AK Sahoo, B Puhan, C Banerjee… - Tectonophysics, 2010 - Elsevier
The 100km long frontal foreland fold—the Janauri anticline in NW Himalayan foothills
represents a single segment formed due to inter-linking of the southern (JS1) and the …