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 …

Slip rate deficit and earthquake potential on shallow megathrusts

EO Lindsey, R Mallick, JA Hubbard, KE Bradley… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Most destructive tsunamis are caused by seismic slip on the shallow part of offshore
megathrusts. The likelihood of this behaviour is partly determined by the interseismic slip …

Subduction intraslab-interface fault interactions in the 2022 Mw 6.4 Ferndale, California, earthquake sequence

DR Shelly, DE Goldberg, KZ Materna, RJ Skoumal… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The Mendocino triple junction—the intersection of the Pacific, North American, and Gorda
plates—activates a collection of disparate faults that reconcile Cascadia subduction with …

Active convergence of the India‐Burma‐Sunda plates revealed by a new continuous GPS network

R Mallick, EO Lindsey, L Feng… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Rakhine (Arakan)‐Bangladesh megathrust, along which the Indian and Burma
plates collide, is assumed by some to be inactive/aseismic due to the lack of notable …

New GNSS and geological data from the Indo‐Burman subduction zone indicate active convergence on both a locked megathrust and the Kabaw Fault

B Oryan, PM Betka, MS Steckler… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Indo‐Burma subduction zone is a highly oblique subduction system where the
Indian plate is converging with the Eurasian plate. How strain is partitioned between the …

Strong seismic coupling underneath Garhwal–Kumaun region, NW Himalaya, India

RK Yadav, VK Gahalaut, AK Bansal, SP Sati… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
No great earthquake has occurred in the Garhwal–Kumaun region of NW Himalaya in the
past 500 years or more. We report results of continuous GPS measurements from 28 sites …

Slip-partitioning above a shallow, weak décollement beneath the Indo-Burman accretionary prism

PM Betka, L Seeber, SN Thomson, MS Steckler… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Burman Ranges (IBR) are an∼ 375 km wide accretionary prism that
accommodates oblique convergence of the∼ 13–20 km thick Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta …

Megathrust reflectivity reveals the updip limit of the 2014 Iquique earthquake rupture

B Ma, J Geersen, D Lange, D Klaeschen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The updip limit of seismic rupture during a megathrust earthquake exerts a major control on
the size of the resulting tsunami. Offshore Northern Chile, the 2014 Mw 8.1 Iquique …

Structural control on downdip locking extent of the Himalayan megathrust

EO Lindsey, R Almeida, R Mallick… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Geologic reconstructions of the Main Himalayan Thrust in Nepal show a laterally extensive
midcrustal ramp, hypothesized to form the downdip boundary of interseismic locking. Using …

Geometry of the décollement below eastern Bangladesh and implications for seismic hazard

P Bürgi, J Hubbard, SH Akhter… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Eastern Bangladesh sits on the seismically active Chittagong‐Myanmar fold and thrust belt
(CMFB), a north‐trending accretionary wedge on the eastern side of the India‐Eurasia …