Paleoseismological evidence of surface faulting along the northeastern Himalayan front, India: Timing, size, and spatial extent of great earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kumar, Senthil ^a   Wesnousky, Steven G ^b   Jayangondaperumal, R ^c   Nakata, T ^d   Kumahara, Y ^e   Singh, Vimal ^a,f  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^d HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEISMOLOGY; SITE EFFECT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 79251577717     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006789     Document Type: Article

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