Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6443594 Gondwana Research 2012 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
►Subsurface ridges under the Indo-Gangetic plains delimit ruptures of Himalayan earthquakes. ►The ridges control the rupture extent and hence the magnitude of future earthquakes in the Himalaya. ►Himalayan arc evolved by interaction of the two prominent ridges or hotspot traces.
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Possible influence of subducting ridges on the Himalayan arc and on the ruptures of great and major Himalayan earthquakes
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