Post earthquake aggradation processes to hide surface ruptures in thrust systems : the M8.3, 1934, Bihar-Nepal earthquake ruptures at Charnath Khola (eastern Nepal)

• Main Authors: Rizza, M., Bollinger, L., Sapkota, S. N., Tapponnier, P., Klinger, Y., Karakaş, C., Kali, E., Etchebes, M., Tiwari, D. R., Siwakoti, I., Bitri, A., Bes de Berc, S.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::General; Earthquake; Surface Rupture
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143321
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Charnath Khola is a large river crossing the Himalayan thrust system in the region devastated by the great M8.3 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake. Fluvial terraces are abandoned along the river and at the base of a ~20-m high cumulative thrust escarpment. A trench across the fault scarp exposed Siwali...