Present‐day crustal deformation of continental China derived from GPS and its tectonic implications

M Wang, ZK Shen - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We process rigorously GPS data observed during the past 25 years from continental China
to derive site secular velocities. Analysis of the velocity solution leads to the following …

Seismotectonic perspectives on the Himalayan arc and contiguous areas: Inferences from past and recent earthquakes

K Rajendran, RM Parameswaran, CP Rajendran - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Initiation of clockwise rotation and eastward transport of southeastern Tibet inferred from deflected fault traces and GPS observations

W Gan, P Molnar, P Zhang, G **ao, S Liang… - GSA …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Eastward transport and clockwise rotation of crust around the southeastern margin of the
Tibetan Plateau dominates active deformation east of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis …

Geo-and seismo-tectonics of Eastern Himalaya: Exploring earthquake source zones from foredeep to Tibetan hinterland

S Dasgupta, B Mukhopadhyay… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review we present our knowledge base on the seismicity and related tectonics of
around 1200+ km stretch of the Eastern Himalaya from eastern Nepal to Arunachal …

Northward migration of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis revealed by OSL thermochronometry

GE King, F Herman, B Guralnik - Science, 2016 - science.org
Erosion influences the dynamical evolution of mountains. However, evidence for the impact
of surface processes on tectonics mostly relies on the circumstantial coincidence of rugged …

[HTML][HTML] A composite rupture model for the great 1950 Assam earthquake across the cusp of the East Himalayan Syntaxis

A Coudurier-Curveur, P Tapponnier, E Okal… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Crustal deformation study of Kashmir basin: Insights from PSInSAR based time series analysis

AK Taloor, GC Kothyari, RK Dumka, A Alam… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, the rate of deformation of the Kashmir basin has been determined using
the Sentinel-1A based Persistent Scatterer Interferometry Synthetic Aperture Radar …

Preliminary analysis of crustal shear‐wave splitting in the Sanjiang lateral collision zone of the southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications

Y Gao, A Chen, Y Shi, Z Zhang, L Liu - Geophysical Prospecting, 2019 - earthdoc.org
The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, to the east of the eastern Himalayan
syntaxes, forms the Sanjiang lateral collision zone in the southeast margin of the Tibetan …

Postseismic Deformation Following the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake: New GPS Data, Kinematic and Dynamic Models, and the Roles of Afterslip and …

J Liu‐Zeng, Z Zhang, C Rollins… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We report Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of postseismic
deformation following the 2015 Mw7. 8 Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake, including previously …

Direct surface wave radial anisotropy tomography in the crust of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis

S Hu, H Yao, H Huang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A novel method is implemented to invert Rayleigh and Love wave dispersion curves of all
paths jointly for 3‐D shear wave velocity and radial anisotropy simultaneously without …