A composite rupture model for the great 1950 Assam earthquake across the cusp of the East Himalayan Syntaxis

• Main Authors: Coudurier-Curveur, A., Tapponnier, P., Okal, E., Van der Woerd, J., Kali, E., Choudhury, S., Baruah, S., Etchebes, M., Karakaş, Ç.
• 其他作者: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2020
• 主題: Science::Geology; Assam; Himalayan Earthquakes
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136999

Although the M=w8.7, 1950 Assam earthquake endures as the largest continental earthquake ever recorded, its exact source and mechanism remain contentious. In this paper, we jointly analyze the spatial distributions of reappraised aftershocks and landslides, and provide new field evidence for its hit...