Himalayan strain reservoir inferred from limited afterslip following the Gorkha earthquake

David Mencin; Rebecca Bendick; Bishal Nath Upreti; Danda Pani Adhikari; Ananta Prasad Gajurel; Roshan Raj Bhattarai; Hari Ram Shrestha; Tara Nidhi Bhattarai; Niraj Manandhar; John Galetzka; Ellen Knappe; Beth Pratt-Sitaula; Abdelkrim Aoudia; Roger Bilham

doi:10.1038/ngeo2734

journal article Jun 13, 2016

Himalayan strain reservoir inferred from limited afterslip following the Gorkha earthquake

David Mencin

Rebecca Bendick

Bishal Nath Upreti Danda Pani Adhikari Ananta Prasad Gajurel Roshan Raj Bhattarai Hari Ram Shrestha Tara Nidhi Bhattarai Niraj Manandhar John Galetzka Ellen Knappe Beth Pratt-Sitaula

Abdelkrim Aoudia Roger Bilham

Nature Geoscience Vol. 9 No. 7 pp. 533-537 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Jun 13, 2016
Vol/Issue: 9(7)
Pages: 533-537
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Department of Geosciences University of Montana Missoula Montana USA

Ananta Prasad Gajurel

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder CO USA

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David Mencin, Rebecca Bendick, Bishal Nath Upreti, et al. (2016). Himalayan strain reservoir inferred from limited afterslip following the Gorkha earthquake. Nature Geoscience, 9(7), 533-537. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2734

Himalayan strain reservoir inferred from limited afterslip following the Gorkha earthquake

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