Building the Himalaya from tectonic to earthquake scales
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 …
Himalaya, the highest mountain range on Earth. Active mountain building involves a …
Clockwise rotation of the Brahmaputra Valley relative to India: Tectonic convergence in the eastern Himalaya, Naga Hills, and Shillong Plateau
GPS data reveal that the Brahmaputra Valley has broken from the Indian Plate and rotates
clockwise relative to India about a point a few hundred kilometers west of the Shillong …
clockwise relative to India about a point a few hundred kilometers west of the Shillong …
Segmentation of the Himalayan megathrust around the Gorkha earthquake (25 April 2015) in Nepal
We put the 25 April 2015 earthquake of Nepal (Mw 7.9) into its structural geological context
in order to specify the role of the segmentation of the Himalayan megathrust. The rupture is …
in order to specify the role of the segmentation of the Himalayan megathrust. The rupture is …
Segmentation of the Himalayas as revealed by arc-parallel gravity anomalies
Lateral variations along the Himalayan arc are suggested by an increasing number of
studies and carry important information about the orogen's segmentation. Here we compile …
studies and carry important information about the orogen's segmentation. Here we compile …
Late Neogene tectonically driven crustal exhumation of the Sikkim Himalaya: Insights from inversion of multithermochronologic data
Apatite fission track and zircon (U‐Th)/He data are reported for 34 bedrock samples
distributed between the foothills and the topographic crest of the Darjeeling‐Sikkim …
distributed between the foothills and the topographic crest of the Darjeeling‐Sikkim …
Imaging the Moho and the Main Himalayan Thrust in Western Nepal with receiver functions
The crustal structure of Western Nepal is studied for the first time by performing receiver
function analysis on teleseismic waveforms recorded at 16 seismic stations. The Moho …
function analysis on teleseismic waveforms recorded at 16 seismic stations. The Moho …
Diversity in the peninsular Indian lithosphere revealed from ambient noise and earthquake tomography
Significant diversity in the Indian lithosphere is seen in 3-D shear wave velocity images
inverted from the dispersion of group velocities measured from ambient noise and …
inverted from the dispersion of group velocities measured from ambient noise and …
Great pending Himalaya earthquakes
SG Wesnousky - Seismological Society of America, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Geological, historical, and geophysical observations show that the entire Himalayan arc is
poised to produce a sequence of great earthquakes, possibly similar to that which occurred …
poised to produce a sequence of great earthquakes, possibly similar to that which occurred …
Estimation of active surface deformation using PSInSAR technique of the Central Himalayan region
GC Kothyari, RK Dumka, K Luirei… - Geocarto …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Kumaun Himalaya is considered as the most active part of the Central Seismic
gap in the Indian Sub-continent. In this paper, we presented active surface deformation rates …
gap in the Indian Sub-continent. In this paper, we presented active surface deformation rates …
Along‐strike variations in the H imalayan orogenic wedge structure in B hutan from ambient seismic noise tomography
J Singer, A Obermann, E Kissling… - Geochemistry …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The geological units and tectonic structure exposed in the Bhutan Himalaya document
significant regional variations, expressed primarily as tectonic windows and klippen. The …
significant regional variations, expressed primarily as tectonic windows and klippen. The …