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Lateral variation of the Main Himalayan Thrust controls the rupture length of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal

The Himalaya orogenic belt produces frequent large earthquakes that affect population centers along a length of over 2500 km. The 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake (M(w) 7.8) ruptured the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) and allows direct measurements of the behavior of the continental collision zone. We stu...

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Autores principales: Bai, Ling, Klemperer, Simon L., Mori, James, Karplus, Marianne S., Ding, Lin, Liu, Hongbing, Li, Guohui, Song, Bowen, Dhakal, Sanjev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6594763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31249863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav0723