Synthesis of the distribution of subsidence of the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh

MS Steckler, B Oryan, CA Wilson, C Grall… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deltas, the low-lying land at river mouths, are sensitive to the delicate balance between sea
level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. Bangladesh and the Ganges-Brahmaputra …

Active tectonics and earthquake potential of the Myanmar region

Y Wang, K Sieh, ST Tun, KY Lai… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes geomorphologic evidence for the principal neotectonic features of
Myanmar and its immediate surroundings. We combine this evidence with published …

Cascading hazards of a major Bengal basin earthquake and abrupt avulsion of the Ganges River

EL Chamberlain, SL Goodbred, MS Steckler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Earthquakes present severe hazards for people and economies and can be primary drivers
of landscape change yet their impact to river-channel networks remains poorly known. Here …

Active convergence of the India‐Burma‐Sunda plates revealed by a new continuous GPS network

R Mallick, EO Lindsey, L Feng… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Rakhine (Arakan)‐Bangladesh megathrust, along which the Indian and Burma
plates collide, is assumed by some to be inactive/aseismic due to the lack of notable …

Geodynamic complexity of the Indo-Burmese Arc region and its interaction with Northeast Himalaya

D Panda, B Kundu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Burmese Arc (IBA) comprises highly populated regions of Northeast India,
Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Thus, quantitative estimation of crustal deformation, earthquake …

New GNSS and geological data from the Indo‐Burman subduction zone indicate active convergence on both a locked megathrust and the Kabaw Fault

B Oryan, PM Betka, MS Steckler… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Indo‐Burma subduction zone is a highly oblique subduction system where the
Indian plate is converging with the Eurasian plate. How strain is partitioned between the …

Active subduction and strain partitioning in western Myanmar revealed by a dense survey GNSS network

EO Lindsey, Y Wang, LT Aung, JH Chong, Q Qiu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The active tectonics of the Myanmar (formerly Burma) microplate in central Myanmar are
caused by the oblique collision between the Sunda and Eurasia plates to the east and the …

Slip-partitioning above a shallow, weak décollement beneath the Indo-Burman accretionary prism

PM Betka, L Seeber, SN Thomson, MS Steckler… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Burman Ranges (IBR) are an∼ 375 km wide accretionary prism that
accommodates oblique convergence of the∼ 13–20 km thick Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta …

Active tectonics of Myanmar and the Andaman Sea

RA Sloan, JR Elliott, MP Searle, CK Morley - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Burma (Myanmar) is situated along the obliquely colliding eastern margin of the Indian Plate
(Fig. 2.1). It connects the ongoing India–Asia collision along the Himalayan Range in the …

Insight into major active faults in central Myanmar and the related geodynamic sources

CT Mon, X Gong, Y Wen, M Jiang… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Myanmar, one of the most active tectonic regions in the world, endures the risk of destructive
earthquakes. Based on seismic data recorded at the recently deployed dense array of the …