Building the Himalaya from tectonic to earthquake scales

L Dal Zilio, G Hetényi, J Hubbard… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Convergence of the Indian Plate towards Eurasia has led to the building of the
Himalaya, the highest mountain range on Earth. Active mountain building involves a …

The AlpArray seismic network: a large-scale European experiment to image the Alpine Orogen

G Hetényi, I Molinari, J Clinton, G Bokelmann… - Surveys in …, 2018 - Springer
The AlpArray programme is a multinational, European consortium to advance our
understanding of orogenesis and its relationship to mantle dynamics, plate reorganizations …

Tearing of Indian mantle lithosphere from high-resolution seismic images and its implications for lithosphere coupling in southern Tibet

J Li, X Song - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
What happened to the Indian mantle lithosphere (IML) during the Indian–Eurasian collision
and what role it has played on the plateau growth are fundamental questions that remain …

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 …

Steady erosion rates in the Himalayas through late Cenozoic climatic changes

SJP Lenard, J Lave, C France-Lanord, G Aumaitre… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sediment accumulation rates and thermal trackers suggest a substantial and global
increase in erosion rates over the past few million years. That increase is commonly …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Complex structure of upper mantle beneath the Yadong-Gulu rift in Tibet revealed by S-to-P converted waves

Z Liu, X Tian, X Yuan, X Liang, Y Chen, G Zhu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
The convergence between the Indian and Eurasian plates has produced the thick crust and
uplifted the Tibetan plateau since about 50 Ma. However, the deformation of the mantle …

[HTML][HTML] PSInSAR and GNSS derived deformation study in the west part of Narmada Son Lineament (NSL), western India

RK Dumka, D Suribabu, P Narain, GC Kothyari… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Narmada Son Lineament located in the middle part of the Indian plate is to be
considered seismically active part and already experienced six moderate earthquakes in the …

Geometry of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Moho beneath Satluj valley, northwest Himalaya: Constraints from receiver function analysis

D Hazarika, M Wadhawan, A Paul… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Crustal configuration beneath the Satluj valley region of the northwest Himalaya has been
studied with the help of receiver function analysis of teleseismic earthquakes recorded by 18 …

Influence of inherited Indian basement faults on the evolution of the Himalayan Orogen

L Godin, R Soucy La Roche, L Waffle… - Geological Society …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
Indian basement faults, which bound three orogen-perpendicular palaeotopographic ridges
of Precambrian Indian basement south of the Himalaya, extend to the base of the Indian …