Structural segmentation controlled the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake rupture in Nepal

• Main Authors: Hubbard, Judith, Almeida, Rafael, Foster, Anna, Sapkota, Soma Nath, Bürgi, Paula, Tapponnier, Paul
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Himalayas; Earthquakes; Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85233; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50430
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There is increasing evidence that millennial-scale climate variability played an active role on orbital-scale climate changes, but the mechanism for this remains unclear. A 230Th-dated stalagmite δ18O record between 88 and 22 thousand years (ka) ago from Yongxing Cave in central China characterizes...