GPS measurements of present-day convergence across the Nepal Himalaya

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6620, 1997, Pages 61-64

  Bilham, Roger ^a   Larson, Kristine ^b   Freymueller, Jeffrey ^c   Jouanne, F ^d   Le Fort, P ^e   Leturmy, P ^e   Mugnier, J L ^e   Gamond, J F ^f   Glot, J P ^f   Martinod, J ^f   Chaudury, N L ^g   Chitrakar, G R ^g   Gautam, U P ^g   Koirala, B P ^g   Pandey, M R ^g   Ranabhat, R ^g   Sapkota, S N ^g   Shrestha, P L ^g   Thakuri, M C ^g   Timilsina, U R ^g   Tiwari, D R ^g   Vidal, G ^h   Vigny, C ⁱ   Galy, A ^j   De Voogd, B ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^g Dept Mines and Geology ^*  (Nepal)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

ⁱ ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^j CRPG CNRS   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; INDIA; MEASUREMENT; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONVERGENCE; EARTHQUAKE; GEODESY; GPS; SLIP RATE; STRAIN;

NEPAL, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030620637     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386061a0     Document Type: Article

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