Co‐seismic landslides in the Sikkim Himalaya during the 2011 Sikkim Earthquake: Lesson learned from the past and inference for the future

M Joshi - Geological Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sikkim, a north‐eastern state of India, has a very specific and unique place in the tourism
map of India. Every year, lakhs of people visit the state. To accommodate such floating …

Spatial and temporal variation of the ambient noise environment of the Sikkim Himalaya

M Uthaman, C Singh, A Singh, N Jana, AK Dubey… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Ambient noise characteristics are perused to assess the station performance of 27 newly
constructed broadband seismic stations across Sikkim Himalaya and adjoining Himalayan …

Transverse tectonics in the Sikkim Himalaya: evidence from seismicity and focal-mechanism data

P Hazarika, MR Kumar… - Bulletin of the …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract<? A3B2 twb 0.3 w?> In the present study, about 356 local earthquakes in the region
of the Sikkim Himalaya have been accurately located and analyzed using 2181 P travel …

Structural insights from geodetic global positioning system measurements in the Darjiling-Sikkim Himalaya

M Mukul, S Jade, K Ansari, A Matin, V Joshi - Journal of structural geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Deformation in active convergent wedges like the Himalaya occurs over different time and
space scales requiring integrated datasets for holistic insights into wedge-scale deformation …

Seismotectonic implications of strike–slip earthquakes in the Darjiling–Sikkim Himalaya

M Mukul, S Jade, K Ansari, A Matin - Current Science, 2014 - JSTOR
The Darjiling–Sikkim Himalaya (DSH) is located over the Dharan–Gorubathan salient–
recess pair and moderate thrust and strike–slip earthquake occur here. The hypocentres …

Role of transverse tectonics in the Himalayan collision: further evidences from two contemporary earthquakes

S Dasgupta, B Mukhopadhyay… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Springer
Two contemporary earthquakes originating in the central Himalayan arc and its foredeep
(Sikkim earthquake of 18.09. 2011, M w 6.9, h: 10–60 (?) km and Bihar-Nepal earthquake of …

The 18 September 2011, North Sikkim earthquake

K Rajendran, CP Rajendran, N Thulasiraman… - Current Science, 2011 - JSTOR
The 18 September 2011, magnitude Mw 6.9 earthquake close to the Nepal–Sikkim border
caused significant damage due to ground shaking and caused several landslides …

Reconnaissance report of the M6. 9 Sikkim (India–Nepal border) earthquake of 18 September 2011

DC Rai, G Mondal, V Singhal, N Parool… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The M6. 9 Sikkim Earthquake of 18 September 2011 caused widespread devastation in the
state and adjoining areas from disrupting the road network to damaging structures of …

[PDF][PDF] Virtual field guide for the Darjeeling-Sik-kim Himalaya India

D Kellett, D Grujic, C Mot-Tram, M Mukul… - Geological field trips in …, 2014 - researchgate.net
The Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya marks the beginning of the Eastern Himalaya. It is located
between Bhutan to the east and Nepal to the west. In the west Sikkim shares Kanchenjunga …

The M w 6.9 Sikkim–Nepal earthquake of September 2011: a perspective for wrench faulting in the Himalayan thrust zone

NP Rao, VM Tiwari, MR Kumar, P Hazarika, D Saikia… - Natural Hazards, 2015 - Springer
In the present study, we analyze the strike-slip-type earthquakes along the Himalayan arc
that are transverse to the collision front, with a special emphasis on the Sikkim region. The …