This article summarizes recent advances in our knowledge of the past 1000 years of
earthquakes in the Himalaya using geodetic, historical and seismological data, and …

Spread over countries including Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China, the Himalayan
mountain chain, the most spectacular result of the Indo-Eurasian plate collision, is a locus of …

Abstract Although the M= w 8.7, 1950 Assam earthquake endures as the largest continental
earthquake ever recorded, its exact source and mechanism remain contentious. In this …

Trans-Himalayan geodetic data show that, between both syntaxes, India/Asia convergence
is steadily oriented≈ N20° E. However, surface faulting near both syntaxes, along the 2005 …

Assam region is mainly formed by the deposit and erosion process of the Brahmaputra
River. The frequency of seismic events results in landform deformation, which highly …

Abstract Paleoseismological trenching at Kamlang Nagar along the Mishmi Thrust in the
Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, aided by radiocarbon analyses of charcoals yielding ages of …

Historical archives refer to often recurring earthquakes along the Eastern Himalaya for which
geological evidence is lacking, raising the question of whether these events ruptured the …

Geological, historical, and geophysical observations show that the entire Himalayan arc is
poised to produce a sequence of great earthquakes, possibly similar to that which occurred …

The Brahmaputra foreland basin, is one of the most dynamic in terms of tectonism and
sediment load, revealed a variety of seismically generated soft sediment deformation …

Abstract Sedimentation in the Brahmaputra River has led to the widening and shallowing of
its channel, resulting in land loss and deposition on agricultural land, exacerbating floods …