Current understanding of the seismotectonics of Western Nepal Himalaya and vicinity

Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica Hungarica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-209

  Paudyal, H ^a   Shanker, D ^b   Singh, H ^c   Panthi, A ^c   Kumar, A ^c   Singh, V ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fault plane solution; Seismicity; Seismotectonics; Stress pattern; Western Nepal Himalaya

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED STATE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; FRONTAL ARC; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; HIMALAYAS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; MAIN HIMALAYAN THRUSTS; NONUNIFORM; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPACE AND TIME; STRESS FIELD; STRESS PATTERN; STRESS PATTERNS; THRUST FAULTING; TIBETANS;

EARTHQUAKES;

COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIP; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EXTENSION; FAULT PLANE; FRONTAL FEATURE; GEODYNAMICS; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; THRUST; THRUST FAULT;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 77953641349     PISSN: 12178977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AGeod.45.2010.2.5     Document Type: Article

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