Convergence across the northwest Himalaya from GPS measurements Export

@article{citeulike:2033755, abstract = {Horizontal velocities of 26 Global Positioning System (GPS) stations in the northwest Himalayan region provide new constraints on the partitioning of India-Eurasia convergence and elastic strain accumulation about the locked Main Frontal Thrust (MFT). The northwest-striking Karakorum fault slips at 11 +/- 4 mm/yr and contributes to east-west extension of southern Tibet and westward motion of the northwest Himalaya towards Nanga Parbat, rather than playing a role in eastward extrusion of Tibet. Crustal shortening across the Himalaya occurs within a zone centered about 100 km north of the Siwalik Foothills and the MFT. Model inversions of the GPS data indicate that the MFT is locked over a width of \~{}100 km. Comparison with geologic MFT-slip-rate estimates suggests that this zone is building up a slip deficit at a rate of 14 +/- 1 mm/yr and will eventually fail in future great earthquakes.}, author = {Banerjee, P. and B{\"urgmann}, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {2033755}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002GeoRL..29m..30B}, journal = {Geophys. Res. Lett.}, keywords = {8155, and, belts, continental, contractional, crustal, geodesy, geodetic, gravity, movements-interplate, orogenic, space, surveys, tectonophysics}, month = {July}, pages = {30--1}, posted-at = {2007-12-01 00:40:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Convergence across the northwest Himalaya from GPS measurements}, url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002GeoRL..29m..30B}, volume = {29}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2033755 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2033755 N2 - Horizontal velocities of 26 Global Positioning System (GPS) stations in the northwest Himalayan region provide new constraints on the partitioning of India-Eurasia convergence and elastic strain accumulation about the locked Main Frontal Thrust (MFT). The northwest-striking Karakorum fault slips at 11 +/- 4 mm/yr and contributes to east-west extension of southern Tibet and westward motion of the northwest Himalaya towards Nanga Parbat, rather than playing a role in eastward extrusion of Tibet. Crustal shortening across the Himalaya occurs within a zone centered about 100 km north of the Siwalik Foothills and the MFT. Model inversions of the GPS data indicate that the MFT is locked over a width of ~100 km. Comparison with geologic MFT-slip-rate estimates suggests that this zone is building up a slip deficit at a rate of 14 +/- 1 mm/yr and will eventually fail in future great earthquakes. JF - Geophys. Res. Lett. EP - 1 TI - Convergence across the northwest Himalaya from GPS measurements VL - 29 SP - 30 KW - 8155 KW - and KW - belts KW - continental KW - contractional KW - crustal KW - geodesy KW - geodetic KW - gravity KW - movements-interplate KW - orogenic KW - space KW - surveys KW - tectonophysics AU - Banerjee, P AU - B{\"urgmann}, R PY - 2002/July// UR - http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002GeoRL..29m..30B ER -