Late Pleistocene and Holocene large magnitude earthquakes along Himalayan Frontal Thrust in the Central Seismic Gap in NW Himalaya, Kala Amb, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 580, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-177

  Philip, G ^a   Bhakuni, S S ^a   Suresh, N ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Active faults; Himalayan Frontal Thrust; NW Himalaya; Paleoseismology; Seismic hazard; Trench excavation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; HIMALAYAN FRONTAL THRUST; HIMALAYAS; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; TRENCH EXCAVATION;

FAULTING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EXCAVATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; TERRACE; TRENCH; UPLIFT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 84872380742     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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