Potentially large post-1505 AD earthquakes in western Nepal revealed by a lake sediment record

Autor: Z. Ghazoui, S. Bertrand, K. Vanneste, Y. Yokoyama, J. Nomade, A. P. Gajurel, P. A. van der Beek
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10093-4
Popis: Sediments have the potential to preserve the signature of geologic events such as earthquakes. Here, the authors provide a paleoseismological analysis of the sediments of Lake Rara, Nepal, to reconstruct the number of earthquakes that caused lake shaking and subsequent turbidite deposition during the last centuries.
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