Frontal and piggy-back seismic ruptures in the external thrust belt of Western Nepal

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 707-717

  Mugnier, J L ^a   Huyghe, P ^a   Gajurel, A P ^a,b   Becel, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Nepal; Seismo tectonics; Thrust

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23344448768     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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