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 …

Rupture process of the Mw = 7.9 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Nepal): Insights into Himalayan megathrust segmentation

R Grandin, M Vallée, C Satriano… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the rupture process of the 25 April 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Mw= 7.9) using
a kinematic joint inversion of teleseismic waves, strong motion data, high‐rate GPS, static …

The 2015 Gorkha earthquake: a large event illuminating the Main Himalayan Thrust fault

Z Duputel, J Vergne, L Rivera… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The 2015 Gorkha earthquake sequence provides an outstanding opportunity to better
characterize the geometry of the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT). To overcome limitations due …

Pre-and post-seismic deformation related to the 2015, Mw7. 8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

A Gualandi, JP Avouac, J Galetzka, JF Genrich… - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
We analyze time series from continuously recording GPS stations in Nepal spanning the pre-
and post-seismic period associated to the M w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake which ruptured the …

New perspectives on self‐similarity for shallow thrust earthquakes

MA Denolle, PM Shearer - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Scaling of dynamic rupture processes from small to large earthquakes is critical to seismic
hazard assessment. Large subduction earthquakes are typically remote, and we mostly rely …

Implications for elastic energy storage in the Himalaya from the Gorkha 2015 earthquake and other incomplete ruptures of the Main Himalayan Thrust

R Bilham, D Mencin, R Bendick, R Bürgmann - Quaternary International, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Rupture in the 2015 M7. 8 Gorkha earthquake nucleated at the downdip edge of the
Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) near the transition from interseismic locking to aseismic creep …

Himalayan strain reservoir inferred from limited afterslip following the Gorkha earthquake

D Mencin, R Bendick, BN Upreti, DP Adhikari… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in April 2015 ruptured a 150-km-long section of the
Himalayan décollement terminating close to Kathmandu,,,. The earthquake failed to rupture …

Coseismic and early postseismic deformation due to the 25 April 2015, Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake from InSAR and GPS measurements

KM Sreejith, PS Sunil, R Agrawal… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Global Positioning
System (GPS) data reveals coseismic and early postseismic (4–88 days) surface …

Audit of stored strain energy and extent of future earthquake rupture in central Himalaya

KM Sreejith, PS Sunil, R Agrawal, AP Saji… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The deadly 25 April 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Mw= 7.8) and aftershocks have
partially released the accumulated interseismic strain along the Main Himalayan Thrust …

Constraining frictional properties on fault by dynamic rupture simulations and near‐field observations

H Weng, H Yang - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Frictional properties of seismogenic faults play critical roles in earthquake generation and
rupture propagation. Although laboratory measurements have well revealed the frictional …