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Title: The Great Western-Himalayan Earthquake of 1505: A Rupture of the Central Himalayan Gap?
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: David Paul Jackson
One Sentence Summary: This paper discusses Tibetan accounts of an earthquake in the year 1505 in the western Himalayan region which is part of a geologic area known as the "Central Himalayan Seismic Gap".

Description: This paper discusses accounts of an earthquake in the western Himalayan region which is part of a geologic area known as the "Central Himalayan Seismic Gap". The author looks at four Tibetan biographies, as well as reports from India and Afghanistan, which present evidence for two large earthquakes occurring in the year 1505. The paper argues for greater attention to Tibetan sources in the study of natural events such as earthquakes. These references are valuable not only from a historical perspective but also for scientific purposes, particularly in helping scientists determine possible future seismic activity. (Ben Deitle 2006-03-09)
Publisher Place: Leiden; Boston; Köln
Publisher: Brill
Normalized publisher place: Leiden
Publisher country: Netherlands
Publisher URL: http://www.brill.nl/
Published Date: 2002
Subject: Earthquakes
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Multi-Author Edited Volumes -- Conference Proceedings -- Proceedings of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (PIATS) -- PIATS 9 (2000) -- Tibet, Past and Present
Cultural Coverage: Tibet
Temporal coverage: 16th century CE
Language: English
Series Title: PIATS 2000: Tibetan studies: proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000
Brill's Tibetan Studies Library
Series editor: Henk Blezer
Alex McKay
Charles Ramble
Series volume: 2/1
Source: Tibet, Past and Present: Tibetan Studies I. PIATS 2000: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000
Source Editor: Henk Blezer
Source Type: Conference Proceedings
Source Page Numbers: 147-159
ISBN/ISSN: 9004127755
Other Agent: Abel Zadoks
Other Agent Type: Assistant Editor
Format: Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Resource Type: Conference Paper
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 2006-03-10 12:09:54
Date Record Checked: 2006-03-10
Date Last Modified: 2006-05-12 11:14:10
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