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Seismic Threat to the Chitwan and Hetauda Duns, Central Nepal


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1 Department of Geology, Chhatra Marg, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
 

Flat land (or plains) in a Himalayan country like Nepal is very significant. In general, such plains occur along the Himalayan front marked by the Siwalik hills (both as Indo-Gangetic plains to its south and intermontane valleys to its north); these areas also accommodate significant part of the total deformation in the Himalaya and are prone to large earthquakes as evidenced by past surface ruptures.
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Ananya Divyadarshini
Department of Geology, Chhatra Marg, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
Vimal Singh
Department of Geology, Chhatra Marg, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India

Abstract


Flat land (or plains) in a Himalayan country like Nepal is very significant. In general, such plains occur along the Himalayan front marked by the Siwalik hills (both as Indo-Gangetic plains to its south and intermontane valleys to its north); these areas also accommodate significant part of the total deformation in the Himalaya and are prone to large earthquakes as evidenced by past surface ruptures.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi8%2F1309-1310