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 …

Paleoseismological studies in India (2016-2020): status and prospects

CP Rajendran, T Singh, M Mukul… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - eprints.iisc.ac.in
The last few years have witnessed consistent growth in paleoseismic investigations and
active fault research in India. An overview of relevant publications during 2016-2020 …

Recurring summer and winter droughts from 4.2-3.97 thousand years ago in north India

A Giesche, DA Hodell, CA Petrie, GH Haug… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The 4.2-kiloyear event has been described as a global megadrought that
transformed multiple Bronze Age complex societies, including the Indus Civilization, located …

Footprints of an elusive mid‐14th century earthquake in the central Himalaya: Consilience of evidence from Nepal and India

CP Rajendran, J Sanwal, B John… - Geological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The timing and size of the last great earthquake in the central Himalaya continues to excite
scientific controversy, despite a decade of palaeoseismological investigations. The studies …

Assessment of Active Deformation in the Surrounding Regions of the 7th to 12th AD Monuments in the Central Kumaon Himalayas: A Seismotectonic Approach using …

GC Kothyari, A Joshi, RK Dumka, BS Kotlia, AK Patidar… - Geoheritage, 2024 - Springer
This study focuses on the stone-made temples that were constructed in the Western
Himalayas between 700 and 1200 AD in the Gomati River valley to determine the damage …

Precipitation variability over Northwest Himalaya from∼ 4.0 to 1.9 ka BP with likely impact on civilization in the foreland areas

BS Kotlia, AK Singh, LM Joshi, K Bisht - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a stalagmite based high resolution climatic record between∼ 4.0 and 1.9 ka BP
from Dharamjali Cave in Pithoragarh (Kumaun Himalaya), an area which is influenced …

[HTML][HTML] Co-seismic deformation of the 2017 Mw 6.6 Bodrum–Kos earthquake in speleothems of Korakia Cave (Pserimos, Dodecanese, Greece)

B Grasemann, L Plan, I Baroň, D Scholz - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural map** and dating of damaged speleothems have been used to investigate
earthquake records in caves, especially of large infrequent events. However, there are few …

A large paleoearthquake in the central Apennines, Italy, recorded by the collapse of a cave speleothem

B Pace, A Valentini, L Ferranti, M Vasta, M Vassallo… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Speleoseismological research carried out in the Central Apennines (Italy) contributed to
understanding the behavior of active normal faults that are potentially able to generate Mw …

Geoheritage Sites in Kumaun Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India

GC Kothyari, PD Pant, BS Kotlia, M Mehta, H Joshi… - Geoheritage, 2023 - Springer
A number of studies have shown that the conservation and protection of significant
geoheritage sites are crucial for scientific expeditions, education, and cultural viewpoint …

[PDF][PDF] Tectonics and Evolution of the Himalaya

AK Jain - 2016 - insajournal.in
13-581-604-ARVIND KUMAR JAIN.pmd Page 1 Review Article Tectonics and Evolution of the
Himalaya AK JAIN1,*, S DASGUPTA2, ON BHARGAVA3, Md ISRAIL4, R JAYANGONDA …