Primary surface ruptures of the great Himalayan earthquakes in 1934 and 1255

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-76

  Sapkota, S N ^a   Bollinger, L ^b   Klinger, Y ^c   Tapponnier, P ^d   Gaudemer, Y ^c   Tiwari, D ^a  

^a Department of Mines and Geology ^*  (Nepal)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMOLOGY; THRUST FAULT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPLIFT;

BAGMATI; HIMALAYAS; KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

EID: 84871560535     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1669     Document Type: Article

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