Himalayan megathrust geometry and relation to topography revealed by the Gorkha earthquake
The Himalayan mountain range has been the locus of some of the largest continental earthquakes, including the 2015 magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake. Competing hypotheses suggest that Himalayan topography is sustained and plate convergence is accommodated either predominantly on the main plate boundar...
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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