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 …

Seismotectonic perspectives on the Himalayan arc and contiguous areas: Inferences from past and recent earthquakes

K Rajendran, RM Parameswaran, CP Rajendran - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Spread over countries including Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China, the Himalayan
mountain chain, the most spectacular result of the Indo-Eurasian plate collision, is a locus of …

Slip deficit in central Nepal: Omen for a repeat of the 1344 AD earthquake?

L Bollinger, P Tapponnier, SN Sapkota… - Earth, Planets and …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract In 1255, 1344, and 1408 AD, then again in 1833, 1934, and 2015, large
earthquakes, devastated Kathmandu. The 1255 and 1934 surface ruptures have been …

Landscape evolution and deduction of surface deformation in the Soan Dun, NW Himalaya, India

GC Kothyari, N Joshi, AK Taloor, RS Kandregula… - Quaternary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The consequence of strain accumulation along various Himalayan thrusts is manifested in
shaping the topography and present day lanscape features of the Himalaya. Consequently …

Primary surface rupture of the 1950 Tibet-Assam great earthquake along the eastern Himalayan front, India

RS Priyanka, R Jayangondaperumal, A Pandey… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The pattern of strain accumulation and its release during earthquakes along the eastern
Himalayan syntaxis is unclear due to its structural complexity and lack of primary surface …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and managing earthquake hazard visa viz disaster mitigation strategies in Kashmir valley, NW Himalaya

M Yousuf, SK Bukhari, GR Bhat, A Ali - Progress in Disaster Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Kashmir valley lies in the Northwest part of the seismically active Himalayan arc, is
vulnerable to earthquakes both from near and far seismogenic sources owing to its unique …

Great earthquake surface ruptures along backthrust of the Janauri anticline, NW Himalaya

R Jayangondaperumal, Y Kumahara, VC Thakur… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2017 - Elsevier
Results of a paleoseismic trenching investigation on a backthrust in the northern margin of
Janauri hill, at Mehandpur (31° 18′ 11.37 ″N, 76° 18′ 31.47 ″E), Sub-Himalayan range …

[HTML][HTML] Reanalyzing the geomorphic developments along tectonically active Soan Thrust, NW Himalaya, India

GC Kothyari, N Joshi, M Thakur, AK Taloor… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of geomorphology in understanding tectonic processes in the active belts like
the Himalaya is a well understood concept from the past decades. Identification of tectono …