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 …

Interseismic coupling on the main Himalayan thrust

VL Stevens, JP Avouac - Geophysical Research Letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We determine the slip rate and pattern of interseismic coupling on the Main Himalayan
Thrust along the entire Himalayan arc based on a compilation of geodetic, interferometric …

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 …

Towards identification of sediment sources, and processes of sediment production, in the Yarlung-Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River catchment for reduction of fluvial …

R Wasson, S Acharjee, R Rakshit - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Sedimentation in the Brahmaputra River has led to the widening and shallowing of
its channel, resulting in land loss and deposition on agricultural land, exacerbating floods …

Segmentation of the Main Himalayan Thrust illuminated by Bayesian inference of interseismic coupling

L Dal Zilio, R Jolivet… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We use a recent compilation of geodetic data of surface displacements in a fully Bayesian
approach to derive a probabilistic estimate of interseismic coupling along the Main …

Synthesis of the tectonic and structural elements of the Bengal Basin and its surroundings

MS Hossain, MSH Khan, KR Chowdhury… - Tectonics and structural …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Bengal Basin is a collisional foreland basin in South Asia located at the
juncture of the Eurasian, Indian and Burmese Plates occupying Bangladesh and parts of the …

Millenary Mw > 9.0 earthquakes required by geodetic strain in the Himalaya

VL Stevens, JP Avouac - Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The Himalayan arc produced the largest known continental earthquake, the Mw≈ 8.7
Assam earthquake of 1950, but how frequently and where else in the Himalaya such large …

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 …

Seismotectonics of Bhutan: Evidence for segmentation of the Eastern Himalayas and link to foreland deformation

T Diehl, J Singer, G Hetényi, D Grujic, J Clinton… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
The instrumental record of Bhutan is characterized by a lower seismicity compared to other
parts of the Himalayan arc. To understand this low activity and its impact on the seismic …

Segmentation of the Himalayas as revealed by arc-parallel gravity anomalies

G Hetényi, R Cattin, T Berthet, N Le Moigne… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Lateral variations along the Himalayan arc are suggested by an increasing number of
studies and carry important information about the orogen's segmentation. Here we compile …