The crustal structure of the Himalaya: A synthesis

K Priestley, T Ho, S Mitra - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
This chapter examines the along-arc variation in the crustal structure of the Himalayan
Mountain Range. Using results from published seismological studies, plus large teleseismic …

3D Crustal Structure of the Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya: Signatures of Mid‐Crustal Ramp and Lesser Himalayan Duplex

S Mitra, S Sharma, SK Wanchoo… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The NW Himalayan “seismic gap” lies between the 1905 and 2005 earthquake rupture
zones and straddles the meisoseismal zone of the 1555‐Kashmir earthquake. Sufficient …

Lithospheric structure of western Tibet–A brief review

J Zhao, B Neupane, H Liu, D Yan - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the course of the last hundred years or so, there have been countless seismic
experiments conducted under the aegis of different research programs, which have aimed to …

Seismic Imaging of Crust Beneath the Western Tibet‐Pamir and Western Himalaya Using Ambient Noise and Earthquake Data

V Kumar, SS Rai, R Hawkins… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new high‐resolution image of the crust beneath the western Himalaya‐Asia
convergence zone encompassing the geographical domain of western Himalaya‐western …

[HTML][HTML] Earthquake vulnerability assessment of the built environment in the city of Srinagar, Kashmir Himalaya, using a geographic information system

M Fayaz, SA Romshoo, I Rashid… - Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - nhess.copernicus.org
The study investigates the earthquake vulnerability of buildings in Srinagar, an urban city in
the Kashmir Himalaya, India. The city, covering an area of around 246 km 2 and divided into …

Signatures of the existence of frontal and lateral ramp structures near the Kishtwar Window of the Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya: evidence from microseismicity and …

H Paul, K Priestley, D Powali, S Sharma… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We study the Kashmir seismic gap using data from a network of local broadband stations
spanning southeastern Kashmir Valley and Jammu. We detected and located several …

3-D crustal structure in Kumaon–Garhwal Himalaya using joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave group velocity

G Saha, SS Rai - Geophysical Journal International, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the 3-D shear velocity (Vs) structure of the crust beneath the Kumaon–
Garhwal Himalaya using joint inversion of interpolated receiver functions from 57 seismic …

Implications of seismic and GNSS strain rates in Himachal, Kashmir and Ladakh

TS Shrungeshwara, B Narukula, S Jade, S Ghavri… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We report the present day GNSS velocities (2015–2021) and strain rates in Himachal,
Kashmir and Ladakh Himalaya covering the rupture zones of the 2005 Muzaffarabad …

Crustal deformation rates in Kashmir valley and adjoining regions from continuous GPS measurements from 2008 to 2019

S Jade, RR Mir, CG Vivek, TS Shrungeshwara… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
We present GPS velocities in Kashmir valley and adjoining regions from continuous Global
Positioning System (cGPS) network during 2008 to 2019. Results indicate total arc normal …

Seismic coupling quantified on inferred décollements beneath the western syntaxis of the Himalaya

F Jouanne, N Munawar, JL Mugnier, A Ahmed… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We used episodic GNSS measurements to quantify the present‐day velocity field in the
northwestern Himalaya from the Himalayan foreland to the Karakoram Range. We report a …