Segmentation of the Himalayan megathrust around the Gorkha earthquake (25 April 2015) in Nepal

JL Mugnier, F Jouanne, R Bhattarai… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2017 - Elsevier
We put the 25 April 2015 earthquake of Nepal (Mw 7.9) into its structural geological context
in order to specify the role of the segmentation of the Himalayan megathrust. The rupture is …

Site specific seismic hazard analysis of monumental site Dharahara, Kathmandu, Nepal

B Bhusal, M Aaqib, S Paudel… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study was carried out to estimate the seismic requirement for analyzing and designing
the monumental structure, Dharahara, in Kathmandu, Nepal. A probabilistic seismic hazard …

Identifying active structures in the Chitwan Dun, Central Nepal, using longitudinal river profiles and SL index analysis

A Divyadarshini, V Singh - Quaternary International, 2017 - Elsevier
Previous studies have identified a seismic gap that has not witnessed any surface rupture
earthquakes in the last 200–500 years located in the central sub-Himalaya (ie, area around …

Lateral structure variations and transient swarm revealed by seismicity along the Main Himalayan Thrust north of Kathmandu

R Hoste-Colomer, L Bollinger, H Lyon-Caen, A Burtin… - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
The midcrustal seismicity along the Main Himalayan Thrust in Nepal presents lateral
variations along the rupture of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. In order to resolve these …

Evidence of blind thrusting in the frontal part of the Central Himalaya and its significance for rupture evolution and size of a medieval earthquake

A Divyadarshini, CP Rajendran, B John, V Singh… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The central Himalaya has remained the prime focus for paleoseismic investigations to
decipher the timing and extent of past great earthquakes. Several damaging earthquakes in …

The Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity for Shallow Underground Structures in the Central Himalaya Region of Nepal

UJ Thapa, S Paudel, UC Bhusal, H Ghimire… - Geosciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
A subsurface investigation was conducted to assess the suitability of a site for potential
tunnel construction, focusing on the determination of shear wave velocities (Vs) in …

PgQ model for Nepal Himalaya

C Singh, N Jaiswal, S Mukhopadhyay - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate the spatial variations of Pg attenuation structure in Nepal Himalaya. We
implement the “Two-Station method” on 2325 waveforms obtained from 435 events recorded …

Deformation Characteristics of the Central South Segment of LFZ After Wenchuan Earthquake with SBAS-InSAR

C Huang, F Liu, Y Cao, Y Xue, L Zhou - Journal of the Indian Society of …, 2023 - Springer
Fault activity property is one of the main reasons caused by the motion of crustal fault, and
the research of fault activity characteristics has become an important direction in the study of …

Special issue “the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake and Himalayan studies: first results”

H Miyake, SN Sapkota, BN Upreti, L Bollinger… - Earth, Planets and …, 2017 - Springer
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Geomorphological evidence inconvenient for the antecedent rivers of the Arun and Tista across the Himalayan range

T Nakata, Y Kumahara, SP Naik, H Sakai - Journal of Mountain Science, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Arun and Tista Rivers, which flow across the Himalayas, are commonly known
as antecedent valleys that overcame the rapid uplift of the Higher Himalayan ranges. To …