Upper crustal shortening and forward modeling of the Himalayan thrust belt along the Budhi-Gandaki River, central Nepal

2013 ◽  
Vol 102 (7) ◽  
pp. 1871-1891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subodha Khanal ◽  
Delores M. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Forward Modeling ◽  
Thrust Belt ◽  
Crustal Shortening ◽  
Central Nepal

scholarly journals Pleistocene-Holocene crustal deformation in the far-Western Himalaya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saptarshi Dey ◽  
Naveen Chauhan ◽  
Debashis Nath ◽  
Niklas Schaaf ◽  
Rasmus Thiede ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Crustal Deformation ◽  
Convergence Rates ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Thrust Belt ◽  
Crustal Shortening ◽  
Active Structures ◽  
Fold And Thrust Belt ◽  
Shortening Rate

We present new Late Pleistocene-Holocene shortening rates across the frontal fold-and-thrust belt, namely as, the Sub-Himalaya (SH) from the far-western Himalayan sector of Jammu. OSL-dated offset/ folded fluvial strath terraces suggest that the intraplate convergence is partitioned among several active structures in the SH. Estimated cumulative Late Pleistocene- Holocene shortening rate in the SH is ~9.5±1.3 mm/yr, which is ~70–75% of the measured geodetic convergence rates. Our study invokes the existence of a ~350–400 km-long out-of-sequence fault-boundary within the SH which accommodates ~5.3±2.3 mm/yr shortening since Late Pleistocene-Holocene. Our study also highlights that ongoing crustal shortening is not accommodated only at the toe of the Himalayan wedge.

Geometry and crustal shortening of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, eastern and central Bhutan

2011 ◽  
Vol 123 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1427-1447 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Long ◽  
N. McQuarrie ◽  
T. Tobgay ◽  
D. Grujic
Keyword(s):  
Thrust Belt ◽  
Crustal Shortening

Active fold deformation and crustal shortening rates of the Qilian Shan Foreland Thrust Belt, NE Tibet, since the Late Pleistocene

2018 ◽  
Vol 742-743 ◽  
pp. 84-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibo Yang ◽  
Xiaoping Yang ◽  
Huiping Zhang ◽  
Xiongnan Huang ◽  
Weiliang Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Thrust Belt ◽  
Crustal Shortening
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