Publications

1 Journal

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Geomorphological and hydrological controls on sediment export in earthquake-affected catchments in the Nepal Himalaya

Earth Surface Dynamics

2 Journal

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Graf, E.L.S., Sinclair, H.D., Attal, M., Gailleton, B., Adhikari, B.R. and Baral, B., 2024. Geomorphological and hydrological controls on sediment export in earthquake-affected catchments in the Nepal Himalaya, Earth Surface Dynamics, 12. 135-161, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-135-2024.

Journal Papers

3 Journal

De Boer, A.M., Schwanghart, W., Mey, J., Adhikari, B.R. and Reimann, T., 2023. Insight into the dynamics of a long run-out mass movement using single-grain feldspar luminescence in the Pokhara valley, Nepal, Geochronology, (1):53-70.

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4 Journal

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Mukherjee, M., Abhinay, K., Rahman, M., Yangdhen, S., Sen, S., Adhikari, B.R., Nianthi, R., Sachdev, S. and Shaw, R., 2023. Extent and evaluation of critical infrastructure, the status of resilience and its future dimensions in South Asia., Progress in Disaster Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2023.100275.

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5 Journal

Tian, B., Liu, W., Mo, H., Li, W., and Adhikari, B.R., 2023. Detecting the Unseen: Understanding the Mechanisms and Working Principles of earthquake sensors, Sensors, V. 23 (11), 5335, 

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6 Journal

Jiang, H., Xu,C., Adhikari, B.R., Liu, X., Tan, X. and Yuan, R., 2023. Editorial: Environmental change driven by climate change, tectonism and landslide. Front. Earth Sci. 10:1076801. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.1076801

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7 Journal

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Wu, S., Di, B., Ustin, S.L., Wong, M.S., Adhikari, B.R., Zhang, R., and Luo, M., 2023. Dynamic characteristics of vegetation change based on reconstructed heterogenous NDVI in seismic regions. Remote Sensing, 15 (2), 299; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15020299.

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8 Book

Jian, H., Xu, C., Liu, X., Adhikari, B.R., Tan, X. and Yuan, R.M. (2023): Environmental Change driven by climatic change, tectonism and landslides, Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA., doi: 10.3389/978-2-83251-525-9

Books

9 Policy Research

A review of policies and institutions for landslide risk management in Nepal

Nepal Public Policy Review

10 Journal

Adhikari, B.R. and Gautam, S., 2022. A review of policies and institutions for landslide risk management in Nepal. Nepal Public Policy Review, v. 2, pp. 93-112. 

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11 Journal

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Sharma, S., Talchabhadel, R., Nepal, S., Ghimire, G.R., Rakhal, B., Panthi, J., Adhikari, B.R., Pradhanang, S.M., Maskey, S and Kumar, S., 2022. Increasing risk of cascading hazards in the central Himalayas, Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05462-0

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12 Journal

Kunwar, B.M., Adhikari, B.R., Muensit, N., Techato, K., and Gyawali, S., 2022. Role of vegetation for the protection of Phewa Watershed, Kaski, Nepal, Environment and Ecology Research, 10(2): 161-173.

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13 Journal

Adhikari, B.R., Gautam, S., and Paudel, B, 2022. Landslide, landcover and landuse changes in its impacts in Nepal: In: Sarkar, R., Shaw, R. and Pradhan B. (eds) Impact of Climate Change, Land use and Land Cover, and Socio-economic Dynamics on landslides. Springer, Singapore. pp. 149-164.

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14 Book

Kolathayar, S., Ghosh C., Adhikari, B.R., Mondal, A. (2022): Resilient Infrastructure, Select Proceedings of VCDRR 2021, Springer, 467 p.

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15 Book

Adhikari, B.R. and Kolathayar, S., (2022): Geohazard Mitigation, Select Proceedings of VCDRR 2021, Springer, 460 p.

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16 Journal

Adhikari, B.R., 2021. Perturbation of earth surface process by geophysical and meteorological process in the Nepal Himalaya: In: Kolathayar S., Pal I., Chian S.C., Mondal A. (eds.) Civil Engineering for Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Springer, Singapore. pp. 181-189.

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17 Journal

Adhikari, B.R., Menon, V. and Kolathayar, S., 2021. Geohazard Investigation and Management: In Introduction. In: Adhikari, B.R. and Kolathayar, S. (Eds.) Geohazard Mitigation: Select proceedings of VCDRR 2021, Springer, pp. 1-8.

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18 Journal

Adhikari, B. R., 2021, Lightning fatalities and injuries in Nepal. Weather Climate and Society, v.13 (3), 449-458

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19 Book

Adhikari, B.R., Devkota, S. and Talchabhadel, R., 2021, Climate change and landslide risk reduction. In Shaw, R.(Eds.) Handbook on Climate change and disasters, Edward Elgar,  pp. 56-63.

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20 Book

Poudel, B. and Adhikari, B.R., 2021, Land use and land cover. In: Ojha, R.B. and Panday, D. (Eds.) The Soils of Nepal, Springer, pp. 41-51.

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21 Book

Adhikari, B.R. and Ojha, R.B., 2021, Geology and Physiography. In: Ojha, R.B. and Panday, D. (Eds.) The Soils of Nepal, Springer, pp. 29-39.

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22 Book

Chaudhary, S., Adhikari, B.R., Chaudhry, P., Dorji, T. and Poudel. R., 2021, Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) in the Hindukush Himalaya: Sttus, Progress and Challenges. In: Mukherjee, M. and Shaw R.  (Eds.) Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience, Springer, pp. 29-51.

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23 Book

Adhikari, B.R. and Bingwei, T., 2021, Spatiotemporal distribution of Landslides in Nepal, In: Eslamina, S. and Eslamina, F., Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience, Springer, pp. 453-471.

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24 Journal

Adhikari, B.R. and Paudayal, K.N., 2020, Palynological evidence for the Neogene environment analysis of the Thakkhola Graben, Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, v. 60, pp. 117-129.

Journal Papers

25 Journal

Chen, F., Adhikari, B.R. and Tian, B. 2020, Identification Of Landslide Susceptible Areas For The Proper Settlement Planning In The Kali Gandaki Road Corridor, Nepal. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 5238-5241.

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26 Journal

Sargeant, S., Finlayson, A., Dijkstra, T., Flinn, B., Schofield, H., Miranda Morel, L., Twigg, J., Lovell, E., Stephenson, V., Adhikari, B.R., 2020, The Influence of the physical environment on self-recovery after disasters in Nepal and the Philippines, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, v. 50.

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27 Journal

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Xiong, K., Adhikari, B.R., Stamatopoulos, C.A., Zhan, Y., Wu, S., Dong, Z. and Di, B., 2020, Comparison of Different Machine Learning Methods for Debris Flow Susceptibility Mapping: A case Study in Sichuan Province, China, Remote Sensing, Vol. 12 (2), 295, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12020295.

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28 Journal

Gnyawali, K. R., Zhang, Y., Wang, G., Miao, L., Pradhan, A.M.S., Adhikari, B.R., Xiao, L., 2020, Mapping the susceptibility of rainfall and earthquake-triggered landslides along China-Nepal Highways, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment, vol. 79,  pp. 587-601.

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29 Book

Dhital, M.R. and Adhikari, B.R., 2020, Thrust sheets, tectonic windows and internontane basins in the Nepal Himalaya. In: Biswal, T.K., Ray, S. K. and Grasemann, B. (eds.) Structural geometry of Mobile Belts of the Indian Subcontinent, Society of Earth Scientists Series, Springer, Cham, pp. 233-254.

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30 Journal

Menges, J., Hovius N., Andermann, C., Dietz, M., Swoboda, C., Cook, K.L., Adhikari, B.R., Vieth-Hillebrand, A., Bonnet, S., Reimann, R., Koustdodendries, A., Sachse, D., 2019. Late Holocene landscape collapse of a Trans-Himalayan dryland: Human impacts and aridification, Geophysical Research Letters, (DOI: 10.1029/2019GL084192)

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31 Journal

Chen, F., Tian, B., Adhikari, B.R., Gou, X., 2019. Mapping digital drainage network using geoprocessing: A case study of Kali Gandaki River basin, Nepal Himalaya. IEEE, 978-1-5386-9154-0/19, 3479-3482.

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32 Book

Adhikari B.R., Shrestha S.D., Shakya N.M. (2019) Future Urban Water Crisis in Mountain Regions: Example of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. In: Ray B., Shaw R. (eds) Urban Drought. Disaster Risk Reduction (Methods, Approaches and Practices). Springer, Singapore, pp. 169-182

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33 Journal

Glacial lake outburst floods as drivers of fluvial erosion in the Himalaya

Science

34 Journal

McAdoo, B.G., Quak, M., Gnyawali, K.R., Adhikari, B.R., Devkota, S., Rajbhandari, P.L., Sudmeier-Rieux, K., 2018, Roads and landslides in Nepal: how development affects environmental risk, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. vol. 18 (12), pp. 3203-3210.

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35 Journal

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Stolle, A., Schwanghart, W., Andermann, C., Bernhardt, A., Fort, M., Jansen, J.D., Wittmann, H., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Adhikari, B.R., Korup, O., 2018, Protracted river response to medieval earthquake, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4517.

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36 Journal

Cook, K.L, Andermann, C., Gimber, F., Adhikari, B.R. and Hovius, N., 2018, Glacial lake outburst floods as drivers of fluvial erosion in the Himalaya, Science, Vol. 362, pp. 53-57.

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37 Journal

Adhikari, B.R. and Sitoula, N.R., 2018, Community based flash flood early warning systems: a low-cost technology for Nepalese mountains, Bulletin of Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, v. 20, pp. 87-92.

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38 Technical Report

Nepal Urban Resilience Project (NURP): Scoping study, The Department for International Development (DFID), Nepal, 2018.

Technical study reports

39 Journal

Catastrophic valley fills record large Himalayan earthquakes, Pokhara, Nepal

Quaternary Science Reviews

40 Journal

Gautam, S., Chatterjee, R. and Adhikari, B.R., 2017, Business recovery after Gorkha Earthquake 2015 in Nepal. UNMGCY Youth Science-Policy Interface Publication – Special Edition: Disaster Risk Reduction: A Road of Opportunities. May, 2017.

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41 Journal

Stolle, A., Swchwanghart, W., Andermann, C., Bernhardt, A., Wittmann, H., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M., Adhikari, B.R. and Korup, O., 2017, Catastrophic valley fills record large Himalayan earthquakes, Pokhara, Nepal, Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 117, pp. 83-103.

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42 Journal

Adhikari, B.R., Nidal, N., Yadav, B.K. and Awasthi, S., 2017, Landslide risk assessment of the Patlekhet landslide, Myagdi district, Nepal, Journal of the Institute of Engineering, vol. 13 (1), pp. 78-89.

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43 Journal

Gnyawali, K.R. and Adhikari, B.R., 2017, Spatial Relations of Earthquake Induced Landslides Triggered by 2015 Gorkha Earthquake Mw=7.8, Landslide research and risk reduction for advancing culture of living with natural hazards, Advancing Culture of Living with landslides, M. Mikos et al. (eds.) Spinger Publication, pp-85-93.

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44 Journal

Rai, S.m., Upreti, B.N., Shakal, S., Bhattarai, T.N., AdhiKari, B.R., Bajracharya, S.R. and Yoshinda, M., 2017, Climate Change Impact on Glacier Retreat and Local Community in the Langtang Valley, Central Nepal, Journal of Development Innovations, Vo. 1, No. 1, pp. 45-59.

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45 Journal

Bicker, J.D., Schwanghart, W., Adhikari, B.R., Moriguchi, S., Roeber, V. and Giri, S., 2017, Performance of models for flash flood warning and hazard assessment: the 2015 Kali Gandaki landslide breach in Nepal, Journal of Mountain Research and Development. V.37, No 1, pp. 5-15.

Journal Papers

46 Book

Sinclair, H.,  Brown, B.,  Adhikari, B.R.,  Attal, M.,  Alistair, B., Budimir, M., Creed, M.,  Dingle, L.,  Dugar, S., Gautam, D., Gourmelen, N., Mudd, S., Neupane, S., Pedreschi, R., Ruwanpura, K. N., Sharma, J.,  Sneddon, A., Upreti, M. 2017. Improving Understanding of Flooding and Resilience in the Terai, Nepal. The university of Edinburgh and Practical Action. 16p.

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47 Book

Fort, M., Adhikari, B.R. and Rimal B., 2017, Pokhara (central Nepal): A dramatic, yet Geomorphologically active environment Vs. a dynamic, rapidly developing city, Urban geomorphology: Landforms and processes in cities (Marry Thornbush and Casey allen eds.), Elsevier publication, pp. 231-258.

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48 Technical Report

Investigation and treatment of landslides for recovery and reconstruction of earthquake affected areas of Sindhupalchowk and Dolakha district, Nepal, Save the Children International, 2017

Technical study reports

49 Journal

Gnyawali, K.R., Maka, S., Adhikari, B.R., Chamlagain D., Duwal, S. and Dhungana A.R., 2016, Spatial Implication of Earthquake Induced Landslides Triggered by the April 25 Gorkha Earthquake Mw 7.8: Preliminary Analysis and Findings, Proceeding of International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Post Disaster Reconstruction Planning, pp. 50-58.

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50 Book

Adhikari, B.R., 2016, Land and Soil, Compendium of Environment Statistics, Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal, pp. 47-68.

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51 Journal

Schwanghart, W., Bernhardt, A., Stolle, A., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari, B. R., Andermann, C., Tofelde, S., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M., Korup, O., 2015, Repeated catastrophic valley infill following medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Science (2015). 10.1126/science.aac9865

Journal Papers

52 Journal

Gotz, J.; Weidinger, J.T.; Kraxberger, S.; Hennecke, J.B.; Adhikari, B.R., 2015, Geomorphologic and Hydrologic characteristics of Populated Rockslide Deposits (Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himala, Nepal), Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 7, pp. 1038-1048.

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53 Journal

Moss, R.E.S.; Thompson, E.M.; Kieffer, D.S.; Hashah, M.A.Y.; Acharya, I.; Adhikari, B., Asimaki, D.; Clahan, K.B.; Collins, B.D.; Dahal, S.; Jibson, R.W.; Khadka, D., MacDonal, A.; Madugo, C.L.M.; Mason, H.B.; Pehliyan, M.; Rayamajhi, D. and Uprety, S. 2015, Geotechnical Effects of the 2015 Magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake and Aftershocks, Seismological Research Letters, V. 86, no. 6, pp. 1514-1523

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54 Book

Adhikari, B.R. and Devkota, S. , 2015, Development of Ecosystem-based sediment control techniques and design of siltation dam to protect Phewa lake, Government of Nepal/United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP), 64p 

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55 Technical Report

Geotechnical Field Reconnaissance: Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake of April 25, 2015, and related shaking sequence, GEER Association Report No. GEER-040. 2015

Technical study reports

56 Journal

Emerman, S.H; Nelson, J.R; Carlson, K.; Anderson, T.R.; Sharma A.; Adhikari, B.R., 2014, The effect of surface lithology on arsenic and other heavy metals in surface water and groundwater in Mustang Valley, Nepal Himalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 47, pp. 1-21.

Journal Papers

57 Journal

Khadka, P and Adhikari, B. R. 2014, Flood vulnerability and capacity assessment of people of Holiya VDC in Banke district, Nepal, Proceedings of the International Symposium on ‘Geohazards: science, engineering and Management’ pp. 536-548.

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58 Technical Report

Design and develop low cost and low tech Community-Based Early Warning System (CBEWS) for Flash flood, Eastern Nepal, CFGORRP/UNDP/DHM/IoE 2014.

Technical study reports

59 Technical Report

Piloting Early Warning System (EWS) for Landslides in Far West of Nepal, Mercy Corps/ IoE, Nepal, 2014

Technical study reports

60 Journal

Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2013, Microfacies analysis and paleo-environmental significance of palustrine carbonates in the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (Nepal Himalaya), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 77, pp. 117-126.

Journal Papers

61 Journal

Emerman, S.H., Stuart, K. L., Sapkota, A., Khatri, S., Adhikari, B. R. and Williams, J., Garcia, P. K. 2013, Support for the fluvial recharge model for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Pokhara Valley, Nepal Himalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 46, pp.75-94.

Journal Papers

62 Book

Adhikari, B.R. and Suwal, M.K., 2013, Hydrogeological Study in BangsingDeurali VDC, Syangja, An Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystem in Nepal, IUCN, Nepal, 60p.

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63 Journal

Adhikari, B.R. and Paudyal, K.N, 2012, Neogene pollen assemblage from the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, central Nepal Himalaya, Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 29, pp. 53-58.

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64 Journal

Rai, S.M., Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Bhattarai, T.N., Ulak, P.D., Gajurel, A. P., Dahal, R. K., Dhakal, S., Koirala,M. P., Sharma, L. N. and Adhikari, B.R., 2011, Field excursion guidebook series on geology, natural hazards and vegetation of the Nepal Himalaya, Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 28, pp. 93-98.

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65 Journal

Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2011, Facies analysis and basin architecture of the Neogene Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, central Nepal, Journal of Austrian Earth Sciences, vol. 104/1, pp. 66-80.

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66 Book

Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Rai, S.M., Bhattarai, T.N., Ulak, P.D., Gajurel, A. P., Dahal, R. K., Dhakal, S., Koirala, M. P., Sharma, L. N. and Adhikari, B.R., 2011, Guidebook for Himalayan Trekkers (Series No. 2), Eco-trekking in the Everest Region, Eastern Nepal, Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple campus, Tribhuvan University, 192p.

Books

67 Book

Adhikari, B.R., “River degradation: Issues and Challenges” by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, December 2011.

Books

68 Journal

Provenance evolution of collapse graben fill in the Himalaya

Sedimentary Geology

69 Journal

Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2010, Provenance evolution of collapse graben fill in the Himalaya - the Miocene to Quaternary Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (Nepal), Sedimentary Geology, vol. 233, pp. 1-14.

Journal Papers

70 Thesis

PhD thesis: Sedimentology and Basin analysis of the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, Central Nepal (2009)

Thesis

71 Journal

Adhikari, B. R., 2007, An overview of Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 23, pp. 53-57.

Journal Papers

72 Journal

Adhikari, B. R. and Tamrakar, N. K., 2006, Bank instability and erosion problems of Bishnumati River, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepal Geological Society, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 34, pp.109-116.

Journal Papers

73 Journal

Thapa, P.S. and Adhikari, B.R., Development of community-based landslide early warning system in the earthquake-affected areas of Nepal, Journal of Mountain Science, 16 (12), pp. 2701-2713.

Journal Papers

74 Research Output

Disaster risk reduction and management

Research

75 Research Output

Climate change and hill slope dynamics

Research

76 Journal

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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77 Journal

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

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78 Journal

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

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