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 …

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 …

The shape of the Himalayan “Arc”: An ellipse pinned by syntaxial strike-slip fault tips

L Jiao, P Tapponnier… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Trans-Himalayan geodetic data show that, between both syntaxes, India/Asia convergence
is steadily oriented≈ N20° E. However, surface faulting near both syntaxes, along the 2005 …

[HTML][HTML] Strain and moment rates from GPS and seismological data in northern Iran: implications for an evaluation of stress trajectories and probabilistic fault rupture …

A Rashidi, R Derakhshani - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study provides a multi-disciplinary overview of the seismology and geodetic data with
tectonics analysis in order to provide an evaluation of stress trajectories, and probabilistic …

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 …

Audit of stored strain energy and extent of future earthquake rupture in central Himalaya

KM Sreejith, PS Sunil, R Agrawal, AP Saji… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The deadly 25 April 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Mw= 7.8) and aftershocks have
partially released the accumulated interseismic strain along the Main Himalayan Thrust …

Late Quaternary extension rates across the northern half of the Yadong‐Gulu rift: Implication for east‐west extension in southern Tibet

ML Chevalier, P Tapponnier… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of~ NS‐trending rifts within the Tibetan Plateau attests that it is undergoing~
EW extension. In southern Tibet, the total extension rate, distributed across seven main rifts …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Subduction initiation and the rise of the Shillong Plateau

R Mallick, JA Hubbard, EO Lindsey, KE Bradley… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Discrepancies between geodetically and geologically estimated thrust fault slip rates are
generally viewed as a methodological problem. Even when slip rate is steady over …

Late Cenozoic transpression at the plate boundary: Kinematics of the eastern segment of the Dauki Fault Zone (Bangladesh) and tectonic evolution of the petroliferous …

MS Hossain, MSH Khan, R Abdullah… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sylhet Trough in the Bengal Basin (Bangladesh) hosts a number of gas fields.
The evolution of the trough is closely associated presumably with the growth and the …