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 …

Use of InSAR data for measuring land subsidence induced by groundwater withdrawal and climate change in Ardabil Plain, Iran

Z Ghorbani, A Khosravi, Y Maghsoudi, FF Mojtahedi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Ardabil plain, with an approximate area of 1097.2 km2 in northwestern Iran, has
experienced land subsidence due to intensive groundwater withdrawal and long seasons of …

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 …

Spatio-temporal variations of afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation following the Mw 7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake

Z Tian, JT Freymueller, Z Yang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
We use 4 years of 3D GPS data from Nepal and southern Tibet to investigate the
postseismic deformation caused by the 2015 M w 7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake. We first …

Aseismic strain localization prior to failure and associated seismicity in crystalline rock

AF Salazar Vásquez, PA Selvadurai, P Bianchi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Recent laboratory tests and large-scale observations have revealed the complex interplays
between aseismic and seismic deformation, as well as the progressive localization of the …

Spatial distribution of earthquake potential along the Himalayan arc

Y Sharma, S Pasari, KE Ching, O Dikshit, T Kato… - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
To determine the spatial distribution of earthquake potential along the active Himalayan arc,
we utilize GPS measurements and earthquake data. We derive horizontal velocity field and …

Characterizing interseismic deformation of the Xianshuihe fault, eastern Tibetan Plateau, using Sentinel-1 SAR images

L Ji, W Zhang, C Liu, L Zhu, J Xu, X Xu - Advances in Space Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The Xianshuihe fault is a very large left-lateral strike-slip fault, located on the eastern
boundary of the Tibetan Plateau. In the late Cenozoic, this fault played a vital role in …

Two decades of land subsidence in Kolkata, India revealed by InSAR and GPS measurements: implications for groundwater management and seismic hazard …

A Shastri, KM Sreejith, MS Rose, R Agrawal, PS Sunil… - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Land subsidence due to the over drafting of groundwater has been a major environmental
crisis for decades in Kolkata, one of the most populous and largest cities in India. In this …

Interseismic slip rate and fault geometry along the northwest Himalaya

Y Sharma, S Pasari, KE Ching, H Verma… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Geodetic networks enable us to investigate interseismic crustal deformation along the
northwest Himalaya. Using 144 GNSS surface velocities and a Bayesian inversion model …

Surface deformation and influence of hydrological mass over Himalaya and North India revealed from a decade of continuous GPS and GRACE observations

AP Saji, PS Sunil, KM Sreejith… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The India‐Eurasia collision, driven by tectonic forcing, is modulated by nontectonic
forcing allied to seasonal variations in the neighboring regions. To decipher the ground …