New Observations Disagree With Previous Interpretations of Surface Rupture Along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust During the Great 1934 Bihar‐Nepal Earthquake | Zendy

Wesnousky Steven G. | Zendy; Kumahara Yasuhiro | Zendy; Nakata Takashi | Zendy; Chamlagain Deepak | Zendy; Neupane Prajwal | Zendy

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New Observations Disagree With Previous Interpretations of Surface Rupture Along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust During the Great 1934 Bihar‐Nepal Earthquake

Author(s) -

Wesnousky Steven G.,

Kumahara Yasuhiro,

Nakata Takashi,

Chamlagain Deepak,

Neupane Prajwal

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1002/2018gl077035

Subject(s) - geology , thrust , seismology , surface rupture , thrust fault , tectonics , fault (geology) , engineering , aerospace engineering

Abstract Reinvestigation reveals observations that do not support prior claims that the great Mw 8.4 Bihar‐Nepal earthquake produced surface rupture along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust of Nepal. While it may be viewed as reasonable to suggest that the Main Himalayan Frontal Thrust was the source of the 1934 Bihar‐Nepal earthquake on geophysical grounds, decisive and substantiating geological evidence that it produced surface rupture along the trace of the Himalayan Frontal Thrust remains lacking.

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