Nepal at Risk: Interdisciplinary Lessons Learned from the April 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake and Future Concerns

GSA Today

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 42-43

  Catlos, Elizabeth J ^a   Anke, Friedrich ^b   Thorne, Lay ^c   Elliott, John ^d   Carena, Sara ^b   Upreti, Bishal N ^e   DeCelles, Peter ^f   Tucker, Brian ^g   Bendick, Rebecca ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Earth Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g GeoMechanics International   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GORKHA EARTHQUAKE 2015; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NEPAL;

EID: 85009735945     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG278GW.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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