Synthesis of the tectonic and structural elements of the Bengal Basin and its surroundings

MS Hossain, MSH Khan, KR Chowdhury… - Tectonics and structural …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Bengal Basin is a collisional foreland basin in South Asia located at the
juncture of the Eurasian, Indian and Burmese Plates occupying Bangladesh and parts of the …

Damaging earthquakes of the Eastern Indian subcontinent and seismic hazard potential: Insights from palaeoseismology

A Brice, A Pandey, R Jayangondaperumal… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The ongoing Indo-Eurasian convergence leads to great megathrust
earthquakes in the Himalayan region, affecting the life and infrastructure of the world's most …

Liquefaction hazard map** by liquefaction potential index for Dhaka City, Bangladesh

MZ Rahman, S Siddiqua, ASMM Kamal - Engineering geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Preparation of liquefaction hazard map of prone areas has high importance for decision
makers or site planners to reduce loss of lives. In this study, liquefaction hazard map of …

How do vulnerable people in Bangladesh experience environmental stress from sedimentation in the haor wetlands? An exploratory study

MN Islam, SM Atiqul Haq, KJ Ahmed… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The haor landscape is a wetland ecosystem in northeast Bangladesh, comprising shallow
depressions that undergo large changes in water inundation between the monsoon and dry …

Seismic source modeling and probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Bangladesh

MZ Rahman, S Siddiqua, ASMM Kamal - Natural Hazards, 2020 - Springer
The probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) has been performed for Bangladesh using
background seismicity, crustal fault, and subduction zone source models. The latest ground …

The Shillong Plateau and the great 1897 Assam earthquake

P England, R Bilham - Tectonics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Previous analysis of triangulation data of the Survey of India concluded that the great 1897
Assam earthquake occurred on a south dip** fault near the northern edge of the Shillong …

Near-surface shear wave velocity estimation and V s 30 map** for Dhaka City, Bangladesh

MZ Rahman, ASMM Kamal, S Siddiqua - Natural Hazards, 2018 - Springer
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is one of the seismically vulnerable cities in the world
due to its location close to the convergent boundary between the Eurasian and Indian …

Late Cenozoic transpression at the plate boundary: Kinematics of the eastern segment of the Dauki Fault Zone (Bangladesh) and tectonic evolution of the petroliferous …

MS Hossain, MSH Khan, R Abdullah… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sylhet Trough in the Bengal Basin (Bangladesh) hosts a number of gas fields.
The evolution of the trough is closely associated presumably with the growth and the …

Shear wave velocity estimation of the near-surface materials of Chittagong City, Bangladesh for seismic site characterization

MZ Rahman, S Siddiqua, ASMM Kamal - Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The average shear wave velocity of the near-surface materials down to a depth of 30 m (V s
30) is essential for seismic site characterization to estimate the local amplification factor of …

Evaluation of liquefaction-resistance of soils using standard penetration test, cone penetration test, and shear-wave velocity data for Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet …

MZ Rahman, S Siddiqua - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2017 - Springer
The evaluation of liquefaction-resistance for saturated loose sandy and silty soils up to a
depth of 20 m is an important component of geotechnical site characterization in an …