Estimating the return times of great Himalayan earthquakes in eastern Nepal : evidence from the Patu and Bardibas strands of the main frontal thrust

• Main Authors: Bollinger, L., Tapponnier, Paul, Sapkota, S. N., Klinger, Y., Rizza, M., Van der Woerd, J., Tiwari, D. R., Pandey, R., Bitri, A., Bes de Berc, S.
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107395; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25516
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The return times of large Himalayan earthquakes are poorly constrained. Despite historical devastation of cities along the mountain range, definitive links between events and specific segments of the Main Frontal Thrust (MFT) are not established, and paleoseismological records have not documented th...