Nepal Himalaya 's deformation and seismotectonics

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Laurent Bollinger

ResearcherID

Research Engineer at

CEA/DAM/DASE/LDG      BP12

91680 BRUYERES LE CHATEL - FRANCE

Tel:0033(0)169266068

Fax:0033(0)169267130

laurent.bollinger

*at*gmail.com

 

Links

To some collaborator's

pages

Jean-Philippe Avouac

Olivier Beyssac

Rodolphe Cattin

Cecile Gautheron

Pierre Henry

Jérôme Vergne

Pierre Bettinelli 

Arnaud Burtin 

Györgyi Hetényi

To some institutions I've worked for/with

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique

department: CEA/DAM/DASE

CALifornia institute of TECHnology

department: CALTECH/GPS

Ecole Normale Supérieure

department: ENS/Geologie

Institut de physique du Globe de Paris: IPGP

University of California Los angeles

Department: UCLA/IGPP

Nepal/ Department of Mines and Geology

DMG/NSC

 

To some referred journals for which I have provided reviews

Acta Geophysica 

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

 Chemical Geology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Geophysical Research Letters

Geophysical Journal International 

Journal of Geodynamics

Journal of the Nepal Geological Society

Journal of Seismology

Tectonics

Tectonophysics

Terra Nova

 

To some fundations for which I have provided reviews 

US NSF

ANR

INSU/PNTS

 

Some Collaborators

(Past and present)  Many Thanks to...

Jean-Philippe Avouac

Frédéric Perrier

Pierre Henry

Arnaud Burtin

Jérôme Vergne

Rodolphe Cattin

Olivier Beyssac

Pierre Bettinelli

Mireille Flouzat

François Jouanne

Emilie Janots

Fabrice Brunet

Liz Catlos

Mark Harrison

John Galetzka

Rémi Michel

Sébastien Smet

Renaud Binet

Béatrice Puyssegur

Thierry Héritier

Madhya Pandey

Som Nath Sapkota

Gyani Raja Chitrakar

Umesh Gautam

Dili Ram Tiwari

Sudhir Rajaure

Lok Bizaya Adhikari

Pritevi Lal Shreshtha

Bharat Koirala

Subatra Maskey

Cécile Gautheron

Gweltaz Mahéo

Sylvie Marin

Bruno Hernandez

Hélène Hébert

Marc Nicolas

Jean-Christophe Lictevout

Denis Lubin

Yoann Cano

Michel Dandine

Daniel Fouquet

Ronan Michard

Benoit Doury

Refereed publications


21-Burtin, A., R. Cattin, L. Bollinger, J. Vergne, P. Steer, A. Robert, N. Fielding and C. Tiberi (2011) Towards the hydrologic and bed load monitoring from high-frequency seismic noise in a braided river: The ‘‘torrent de St Pierre’’, French Alps. J. Hydrol. (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.014
 
20-Hetényi, G., Vergne, J.,
Bollinger, L. and Cattin, R. (2011). Discontinuous low-velocity zone in southern Tibet questions the viability of channel flow model. In: Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau, edited by R. Gloaguen & L. Ratschbacher, Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub. series, 353, 99–108.DOI: 10.1144/SP353.6

19-Herman, F., P. Copeland, J.P. Avouac, L. Bollinger, G. Maheo, P. Lefort, S. Rai, D. Foster, A. Pecher, K. Stuwe, P. Henry (2010), Exhumation, crustal deformation and thermal structure of the Nepal Himalaya derived from the inversion of thermochronological and thermobarometric data and modeling of the topography, J. Geophys. Res, 115, B06407, doi:10.1029/2008JB006126

18-Bollinger, L., M. Nicolas and S. Marin (2010), Hydrological triggering of the seismicity around a salt diapir in Castellane, France, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.051, 290, 20-29.

17-Burtin, A., L. Bollinger, R. Cattin, J. Vergne, and J. L. Nábělek (2009), Spatiotemporal Sequence of Himalayan Debris Flow from Analysis of High-Frequency Seismic Noise, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JF001198.

16-Perrier, F. et al. (2009), "A direct evidence for high carbon dioxide and radon-222 discharge in Central Nepal", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.008 . 

15-Smet, S., R. Michel, and L. Bollinger (2008), Uplift of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake measured from differential hyperspectral imagery of coastal waters, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B09403, doi:10.1029/2007JB005317. [Details]

14-Bettinelli, P., J.P. Avouac, M. Flouzat, L. Bollinger, G. Ramillien, S. Rajaure, S. Sapkota (2008). "Seasonal variations of seismicity and geodetic strain in the Himalaya induced by surface hydrology", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.02110, 266, 332-344  [Details]

13-Burtin, A., L. Bollinger, J. Vergne, R. Cattin, J. Nabelek (2008) "Spectral analysis of seismic noise induced by rivers: A new tool to monitor spatiotemporal changes in stream hydrodynamics", J. Geophys. Res., 113, B05301, doi:10.1029/2007JB005034 [Details]

12-Hetenyi, G., R. Cattin, F. Brunet, L. Bollinger, J. Vergne, J. Nabelek, M. Diament (2007) " Density distribution of the India plate beneath the Tibetan Plateau: geophysical and petrological constraints on the kinetics of lower-crustal eclogitization", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.036, 264 (1-2), 226-244 [Details]

11-Bollinger, L., F. Perrier, J.P. Avouac, S. Sapkota, U. Gautam, and D.R. Tiwari (2007) " Seasonal modulation of seismicity in the Himalaya of Nepal ", Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08304, doi:10.1029/2006GL029192. [Details]

10-Bettinelli, P., J.P. Avouac, M. Flouzat, F. Jouanne, L. Bollinger, P. Willis, G.R. Chitrakar (2006). "Plate motion of India and Interseismic Strain in the Nepal Himalaya from GPS and DORIS measurements", J. Geod., DOI:101007/s00190-006-0030-3, 80 (8-11), pp. 567-589  [PDF]

9-Bollinger, L. and E. Janots (2006). "Evidence for Mio-Pliocene retrograde monazites from the lesser Himalayan metamorphic series in Far Western Nepal" Eur. J. Mineral., v. 18, 3, 289-297 [More]

8-Bollinger, L., P. Henry and J.P. Avouac (2006). "Mountain building in the Nepal Himalaya: Thermal and kinematic model" Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 244, 58-71 [Details]

7-Binet, R. and L. Bollinger (2005). "Horizontal coseismic deformation of the 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake measured from SPOT-5 THR satellite imagery", Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (2): Art. No. L02307 JAN 28 2005 [PDF]

6-Bollinger, L., J. P. Avouac, R. Cattin and M. R. Pandey (2004). "Stress build up in the Himalaya" J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11405, doi:10.1029/2003JB002911 [Details]

5-Bollinger, L., J. P. Avouac, O. Beyssac, E. J. Catlos, T. M. Harrison, M. Grove, B. Goffé and S. Sapkota (2004). "Thermal structure and exhumation history of the lesser Himalaya. ", Tectonics, TC5015, doi:10.1029/2003TC001564 [Details]

4-Beyssac, O., L. Bollinger, J.P. Avouac, and B. Goffé (2004). "Thermal metamorphism in the Lesser Himalaya of Nepal inferred from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material ", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 225, 233-241 [Details]

3-Jouanne, F., J.-L. Mugnier, J. F. Gamond, P. Le Fort, M. R. Pandey ,L. Bollinger, M. Flouzat and J. P. Avouac (2004). "Current shortening across the Himalayas of Nepal." Geophys. J. Int. 157 (1), 1-14.doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02180.x [PDF]

2-Bellahsen, N. , J. M. Daniel, L. Bollinger and E. B. Burov (2003). "Influence of viscous layers on the growth of normal faults: Insights from experimental and numerical models." Journal of Structural Geology 25: 1471-148  [PDF]

1-Avouac, J.-P., L. Bollinger, J. Lavé, R. Cattin and M. Flouzat (2001). "Le cycle sismique en Himalaya." C. R. Acad. Sci. 333: 513-529 [PDF] 


 Congress/Workshop abstract_ proceedings


Bollinger L., D. R. Tiwari, S. Rajaure, S. N. Sapkota, J.P. Avouac, (2010) Simultaneous earthquake pulses along the Main Himalayan Thrust, 25th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, San Francisco, USA, June 5-10th 2010.


Sapkota, S.N. , P. Tapponnier , L. Bollinger, Y. Klinger, F. Perrier, D.R. Tiwari, S.R. Panta , I. Siwakoti (2010) Probing our understanding of the seismic cycle in the Himalayas of Nepal: Investigating mega-quakes with mega-trenches, 25th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, San Francisco, USA, June 5-10th, 2010.

Burtin, A., L. Bollinger, J. Vergne, R.Cattin (2010) Continuous monitoring of bedload transport from the analysis of river induced high-frequency seismic noise, EGU2010-3147,  EGU, Vienna, Austria, 02-07 may 2010.

Loreaux, P., L. Bollinger, G. Quin (2009) L'imagerie radar au CEA, un exemple : Détermination du plan de faille du séisme de Kashiwazaki(M6.6- 16 juillet 2007) par interférométrie radar, conference SIG 2009, Versailles, France, 30 september-01 october 2009

Vergne J., J. Nabelek, L. Rivera, L. Bollinger and A. Burtin (2008) "Non Conventional Seismic Events Along the Himalayan Arc Detected in the Hi-Climb Dataset", Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S41C-1857

Burtin A., L. Bollinger , J. Vergne, R. Cattin and the HiClimb team (2008),"Seismic detection of debris flow in the Himalayas and their spatiotemporal characteristics" Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51F-0898

Hetényi G., J.Vergne, J.L. Nábelek, R. Cattin, F. Brunet, L. Bollinger and M. Diament (2008) "Structure of the crust and the lithosphere in the Himalaya-Tibet region and implications on the rheology and eclogitization of the India plate" Himalayan Journal of Sciences, volume 5, issue 7, pages 65-66

Bertrand, G., et al. (2007) "NéoPal : Base de données nationale des déformations néotectoniques et des paléoséismes" AFPS, 7ème Colloque National AFPS 2007 – Ecole Centrale Paris

Burtin, A., L. Bollinger, J. Vergne, R. Cattin and J.L. Nabelek (2007) "Spatial and Continuous Observations of Stream Hydrodynamics and Bedload Transport From Spectral Analysis of River Induced Seismic Noise", Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51E-0793

Herman, F., J.P. Avouac, L. Bollinger, G. Maheo, K. Farley and M. Harrison (2007) "Is rapid exhumation of the High Himalaya driven by ramp overthrusting, the formation of mid- crustal duplex, or out-of-sequence thrusting associated with channel flow?", Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51E-0793T34C-02 INVITED

Perrier F. et al. (2007) "High carbon dioxide flux associated with radon-222 gas exhalation and dipolar self-potential anomaly at the Syabru-Bensi hot springs in central Nepal" Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Kathmandu, 2007, vol.36 (sp. Issue)

Bollinger, L., S. Rajaure and S.N. Sapkota (2007) "Similar earthquake swarms in the trace of southern Tibetan grabens reveal strain transient event along the Main Himalayan Thrust" Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Kathmandu, 2007, vol.36 (sp. Issue)

Rajaure, S., S.N. Sapkota, J.P. Avouac and L. Bollinger (2007) "Evidence for seismicity in the lower crust and upper mantle in the Nepal Himalaya, implication for the rheology of the lithosphere" Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Kathmandu, 2007, vol.36 (sp. Issue)

Hetenyi, G., R. Cattin, J. Vergne, L. Bollinger, J.L. Nabelek, M. Diament (2007) "Lateral variations of crustal thickness and eclogitization beneath the south-central part of the Tibetan Plateau from seismological constraints and gravity anomalies" EGU, Vienna 15-20 April 2007

Bollinger, L., S. Rajaure, S. N. Sapkota (2007) " Simultaneous earthquake swarms in the trace of southern tibetan grabens: Evidence for a transient aseismic slip event along the Main Himalayan Thrust?" 22nd HKTW, Hong-Kong May 2007

Tapponnier, P, G. King and L. Bollinger (2006). “Active faulting and seismic hazard in the western Himalayan Syntaxis, Pakistan”, Congress “October 8,2005, Earthquake in Pakistan: its implications and Hazard Mitigation”, Geological Survey of Pakistan at Islamabad, Pakistan: January 18-19th, 2006.

Bollinger, L., P. Henry and J.P. Avouac (2006). "Mountain building in the Nepal Himalaya: Thermal and kinematic model" Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Cambridge

Bollinger, L., F. Perrier, J.P. Avouac, S. N. Sapkota, U. Gautam, D.R. Tiwari, S. Rajaure and G.R. Chitrakar " Seasonal modulation of seismicity in the Himalayas of Nepal " Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Cambridge

Tapponnier, P, G. King, L. Bollinger and J.R. Grasso (2006). “Surface faulting during the October 8th, 2005, Muzzafarabad earthquake and Coulomb stress increase on the Jhelum fault”, Congress “100th anniversary earthquake conference commemorating the 1906 San Francisco earthquake”, Seismological Society of America, SSA06: San Francisco, April 18-22, 2006.

Vergoz, J.; Vallée, M.; Guilbert, J. and L. Bollinger (2006). "Fast imaging of seismic rupture process of the recent earthquakes of the July 2005 – April 2006 period with Mw > 6.8” EGU General Assembly 2006.

Hébert, H., A. Sladen, F. Schindelé, D. Reymond, M. Nicolas, S. Marin, L. Bollinger (2006). "Estimation de l'aléa tsunami et de l'aléa sismique en Polynésie française" Colloque Point d'Etape de la Recherche Francaise dans le Pacifique (Papeete 9-13/10/2006)

Bettinelli, P., Flouzat, M., Avouac, J.P., Bollinger, L., Cattin, R. and S.N. Sapkota (2006) "Seasonal signal variations in GPS time series in the Central Himalaya of Nepal", Int. Workshop on Seismology and Seismic Hazard in the Himalaya, Kathmandu

Avouac, J.P., M.R. Pandey, L. Bollinger, M. Flouzat and S.N. Sapkota (2006) "Earthquakes, geodetic and geological deformation in the Nepal Himalaya", Int. Workshop on Seismology and Seismic Hazard in the Himalaya, Kathmandu

Burtin, A., Vergne, J., Cattin, R., Bollinger, L., Nabelek, J. and S.N. Sapkota (2006) "Correlation between background seismic noise and hydrological data along the Trisuli river", Int. Workshop on Seismology and Seismic Hazard in the Himalaya, Kathmandu

Bollinger, L., J.P. Avouac, F. Perrier, S. Sapkota, G.R. Chitrakar, S. Rajaure, D. R. Tiwari, U. Gautam, B. Koirala, P. L. Shrestha, S. Maskey (2006) "Seasonal modulation of seismicity and transient seismic events along the Main Himalayan Thrust", Int. Workshop on Seismology and Seismic Hazard in the Himalaya, Kathmandu

Rajaure, S. , J.P. Avouac, L. Bollinger, S. Sapkota, G.R. Chitrakar, M.R. Pandey, U. Gautam, D.R. Tiwari, P.L. Shrestha, B. Koirala (2006) "Seismicity and Stress Build up during Interseismic Strain in the Nepal Himalaya", Int. Workshop on Seismology and Seismic Hazard in the Himalaya, Kathmandu

Jouanne, F., J.-L. Mugnier, J. F. Gamond, P. Le Fort, M. R. Pandey , L. Bollinger, M. Flouzat and J. P. Avouac (2005). "Current shortening across the Himalayas of Nepal.", 20th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Aussois, France, Géologie Alpine Mém. HS n°44, P96-97.

Bettinelli, P., J.P. Avouac, M. Flouzat, L. Bollinger, and M. R. Pandey (2005). “Looking for spatial and temporal variations of interseismic strain from GPS monitoring (CGPS and campaign data) across the Himalaya of Nepal”, 20th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Aussois, France, Géologie Alpine Mém. HS n°44, P12-13.

Beyssac, O., B. Goffé, L. Bollinger and J.P. Avouac (2005). “Raman Spectroscopy of carbonaceous material (RSCM) thermometry as a new tool for geodynamics: Application to the Lesser Himalayas of Nepal” , 20th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Aussois, France, Géologie Alpine Mém. HS n°44, P14-15.

Mahéo, G., J.P. Avouac, A. Metzner, L. Bollinger and K. Farley (2005). “Neogene exhumation of the Palung granite (Lesser Himalaya, Nepal) from (U-Th)/He thermochronology”, 20th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Aussois, France, Géologie Alpine Mém. HS n°44, P130.

Bettinelli, P., J.P. Avouac, M. Flouzat, L. Bollinger, and NSCDMG (2004). "Spatial and temporal variations of interseismic strain from GPS monitoring (CGPS and campaign data) and seismic monitoring in the Nepal Himalaya", Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl. , Abstract, 85, 2004.

Bollinger, L., et al. (2003). "Assessing lateral variations of stress and strain build up along the Himalaya from geodetic and seismicity monitoring" Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G22D-03.

Avouac, J, Perfettini, H, Bollinger, L., Beyssac, O. (2003)."The seismic cycle on intracontinental megathrusts" Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T52A-0230, 2003.

Beyssac, O, Goffe, B, Brunet, F, Bollinger, L., Avouac, J, Rouzaud, J. (2003). "The structural evolution of carbonaceous material during metamorphism : a geothermometer" Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V42G-07, 2003.

Janots, E., L. Bollinger, et al. (2003). "Stability of La-bearing minerals in metapelites from the Frederico unit (internal Rif, Morocco) and from the Lesser Himalayas (Western Nepal) :Textural and thermochemical Constraints ", Goldschmidt Conference Abstract, A186.

Janots, E., L. Bollinger, et al. (2003). "Stability of some La-bearing minerals in metapelites: textural and thermochemical constraints." Geophysical Research Abstracts 5: 08998.

Flouzat, M., J. P. Avouac, L. Bollinger (2002). "Interseismic deformation across the Himalaya of Central Nepal from GPS measurements, 1997-2001." Fall Meet. Suppl. , Abstract 83(47): F366.

Bollinger, L., and J. P. Avouac (2001). " Can We build the Himalayas by extrapolating in the past present kinematics of deformation? " AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, AGU.

Bollinger, L., and J. P. Avouac (2001). " Interseismic loading behaviour of the Himalayan range in Nepal ". European Union of geosciences, Strasbourg, Cambridge publications.

Bollinger, L., O. Beyssac, J. P. Avouac, O. Vidal and B. Goffé (2001). " Quantifying the causes of the inverse metamorphism in the Lesser Himalaya ". 16th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Graz, Austria, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

Bollinger, L., and J. P. Avouac (2001). " 3D interseismic modelling in Nepal Himalayan range ". 16th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Graz, Austria, Journal of Asian Earth sciences.

Beyssac, O., B. Goffé, L. Bollinger (2001). " The Raman Spectrum of carbonaceous material in metasediments: calibration and application of a new geothermometer ". EUG, Strasbourg, Cambridge publications.

Maps

Epicentre Map of Nepal Himalaya (1994-2005) 1:1,000,000, NSC4, Department of mines and geology, Kathmandu, Nepal (2006)

Phd Thesis

REF : Bollinger, L. (2002), «Déformation de l’Himalaya du Népal », Ph.D. thesis, 400 pp., Univ. Paris-Sud XI, Paris.