Neotectonics of the Thakkhola graben and implications for recent activity on the South Tibetan fault system in the Central Nepal Himalaya

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 222-240

  Hurtado J M , Jr ^a   Hodges, K V ^a   Whipple, K X ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment faults; Himalaya; Neotectonics; Nepal; Normal faults; River terraces

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

DETACHMENT FAULT; HIMALAYAS; NEOTECTONICS; NEPAL; NORMAL FAULTS; RIVER TERRACES;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; GRABEN; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; RIVER TERRACE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84879881417     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0222:NOTTGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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