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Geological Evidence of Great Earthquakes along the Eastern Himalayan Foothills

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Prof Harsh Gupta for inviting me to write an editorial for the Journal of Geological Society of India. The content reproduced is the outcome of my Ph.D. student’s research efforts of Drs. Priyanka Singh Rao, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Arjun Pandey, and Shri. Ishwar Singh.

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Perumal, R.J. Geological Evidence of Great Earthquakes along the Eastern Himalayan Foothills. J Geol Soc India 97, 823–826 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-021-1780-5

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