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Project Overview

In 2014 and 2015, the Structural Geology group at EOS conducted seismic reflection acquisition in Nepal across the Main Frontal Thrust to constrain its geometry and kinematics. These lines reveal both sedimentary evidence of base level change and growth strata deposited at the fault tip of a strand of the MFT that appear to record several individual earthquake events. Starting in February 2017, drilling and coring of these layers took place, with the goal of dating the changes in base level and slip.

In 2018, we completed the drilling phase of this project and completed logging all cores.

Funding Sources

  • Earth Observatory of Singapore
  • National Research Foundation

Project Years

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

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The Team

Collaborators

Co-Investigator(s):

Rafael Almeida, Yachay Tech

Lee Liberty, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University

Soma Nath Sapkota, Department of Mines and Geology, Nepal

Lewis Owen, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati

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