Geometry of the décollement below eastern Bangladesh and implications for seismic hazard

• Main Authors: Bürgi, Paula, Hubbard, Judith, Akhter, Syed Humayun, Peterson, Dana E.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Bengal Basin; Cenozoic Sediments
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Eastern Bangladesh sits on the seismically active Chittagong-Myanmar fold and thrust belt (CMFB), a north-trending accretionary wedge on the eastern side of the India-Eurasia collision. Earthquakes on the basal décollement and associated thrusts within the CMFB present a hazard to this densely popul...