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Skills and Expertise:
Active Tectonics, Seismic Hazard, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Paleoseismology, Historical Seismology, Archaeoseismology, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)
Education:
*PhD Geology and Geophysics (Earthquake Seismology) (2016)
Experience:
*Postdoctoral Researcher (2020-present), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, US.
*Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2019), Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SuJTXtkAAAAJ&hl=en
Peer Reviewed Articles
Sana, H., Taborik, P., Valenta, J., Bhat, F.A., Flašar, J., Štěpančíkova, P., Khwaja, N.A. 2021. Detecting active faults in intramountain basins using electrical resistivity tomography: A focus on Kashmir Basin, NW Himalaya. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 192:104395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2021.104395
Klimes J, Novotný J, Rapre AC, Balek J, Zahradnícek P, Strozzi T, Sana H, Frey H, René M, Stˇ epánek P,Meitner J and Junghardt J. 2021.
Paraglacial Rock Slope Stability Under Changing Environmental Conditions, Safuna Lakes, Cordillera Blanca Peru. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 9:607277. https://doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.607277
Sana, H, Stepancikova, P., Szemeitat, A., and Stemberk, J. 2021. Macroseismic intensity re-evaluation of the 11 June 1895 Mid-Silesia earthquake, Poland. Seismological Research Letters, 92(2A):1159–1167. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200359.
Sana, H. 2019. A probabilistic approach to the seismic hazard in Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya. Geoscience Letters, 6:5. https://doi.org/10.1 86/s40562-019-0136-0.
Sana, H., Nath, S. K., and Gujral, K.S. 2019. Site response analysis of the Kashmir valley during the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake (M w 7.6) using a geotechnical dataset. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 78:2551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-018-1254-1.
Sana, H., Bhat, F.A., and Sana, S. 2018. The ancient temples of Kashmir turned from marvel to ruin by earthquakes: a case study of the Pattan twin temples (883-902 AD). Seismological Research Letters, 90(1), 358-365. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180270.
Sana, H. 2018. Seismic microzonation of Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 1 5, 578-588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.09.028.
Sana, H., and Nath, S. K. 2017. Seismic Source Zoning and Maximum Earthquake Prognosis of the Greater Kashmir Territory, NW Himalaya. Journal of Seismology, 21(2), 41 -424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-016-9608-2.
Sana, H., and Nath, S. K. 2016. Liquefaction Potential Analysis of the Kashmir Valley Alluvium, NW Himalaya. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 85, 1 -18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.03.009
Sana, H., and Nath, S. K. 2016. In and Around the Hazara-Kashmir Syntaxis a Seismotectonic and Seismic Hazard perspective. Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, 20 (5), 496-
505. https://tinyurl.com/y8xcgueb.
Ahmad, B., Sana, H., and Alam, A. 2014. Macroseismic intensity assessment of 1885 Baramulla earthquake of northwest Kashmir Himalaya. Quaternary International, 321, 59-
64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.043.
Bhat F. A., Bhat I. M, Sana, H., Mohd Iqbal, Akhtar R. 2013. Identification of geomorphic signatures of active tectonics in the West Lidder Watershed, Kashmir Himalayas Using Remote Sensing and GIS. International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 4(1),164- 176. https://tinyurl.com/ya57u2bq.
Conferences
Sana, H., Zinke, R.W., Ullah, R. and Fielding, E.J., 2022. Coseismic deformation of the October 7, 2021 Harnai earthquake in Pakistan using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and field
measurements. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting December 2022.
Sana, H., Fielding, E., Liang, C., and Yunjun, Z.: Strain accumulation along various faults in the Kashmir Himalaya from InSAR, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-13780, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13780, 2021
Sana, H., Taborik, P., Bhat, F.A., Flasar, J., and P. Stepancikova, (2019). Detecting Active faults in intramountain basins using Electric Resistivity Tomography. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting, SCEC Contribution 9700. Palm Springs California, US.
Reicherter, K., J. Hürtgen, S. Baize, T. Rockwell, S. Pena-Castellnou, J. van der Wall, W. Abbas, C. Weismüller, H. Sana, F.Cinti, H. Jomard, M. Cushing, G. Seitz, K. Diederichs, A. Eulen, S. Mader and J. R. Ritter, (2019). The eastern Rhine Graben Boundary Fault: first results from paleoseismological trenching. Bi-annual meeting of the French Association of Quaternary Geologists (AFEQ-CNF INQUA), Paris (3-4th of February 2020).
Reicherter, K., J. Hürtgen, S. Baize, T. Rockwell, S. Pena-Castellnou, J. van der Wall, W. Abbas, C. Weismüller, H. Sana, F.Cinti, H. Jomard, M. Cushing, G. Seitz, K. Diederichs, A. Eulen, S. Mader and J. R. Ritter, (2019). The eastern Rhine Graben Boundary Fault First results from paleoseismological trenching. 7th International Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes & Paleoseismology Studies 4-6 November 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
Štěpančíková, P., Fischer, T., Hartvich, F., Tábořík, P., Rockwell, T., Stemberk, J., Sana, H., and Szameitat, A., 2018. Historical surface-breaking earthquake in central Europe? 6th Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes & Paleoseismology studies / Book of Abstracts, 24-25 October, Han-sur- Lesse, Belgium.
Sana, H., Štěpančíková, P., and Szameitat, A. (2018). A preliminary note on the macroseismicintensity re-evaluation of the 1 June 1895 central Silesia earthquake, Southwestern Poland. PATA DAYS 2018: 9th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 24th - 29th June, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Štěpančíková, P., Flasar, J., Stemberk, J., Bretislav, B., Kalvoda, J., Sana, H. (2018). Neotectonic activity reflected in morphology along the Mariánské Lázně fault and in the adjacent Cheb basin (Bohemian Massif, central Europe). PATA DAYS 2018: 9th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 24th - 29th June, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sana, H. (2018). Seismic Hazard Assessment of the Kashmir Basin, Northwestern Himalaya: A Probabilistic Approach. Seismology of the Americas Meeting 2018, Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission, Seismological Society of America, 14–17 May 2018 Miami, Florida. Seismological Research Letters, 89(2B), 826-827.
Radulov, A., Yaneva, M., Štěpančíková, P., Gerdjikov, I., Rockwell, T., Donkova, Y., Sana, H., Flašar, J., and Nikolov, N. (2017). Structural evidence for hard linkage between the Predela and Haramibunar faults in Southwestern Bulgaria. Geosciences 2017, 7 December, Bulgarian Geological Society, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Sana, H. (2017). Ground response analysis during the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake (Mw 7.6): implication for historical and paleoearthquake deterministic hazard assessment. PATA DAYS 2017: 8th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 13th - 16th November, Blenheim, New Zealand.
Stepancikova, P., Fischer, T., Hartvich, F., Taborik, P., Rockwell, T., Stemberk, J., Siroky, J., and Sana,H. (2017). Late Quaternary activity of slow-slip intrplate Marianske Lazne fault as revealed by trenching and shallow geophysical survey, Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic, Central Europe). PATA DAYS 2017: 8th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 13th - 16th November, Blenheim, New Zealand.
Sana, H. (2017). Liquefaction as a seismic hazard, an example from the Kashmir Himalaya. Geomorph 2017, 4th Central European Geomorphology Conference, October 9-13, 2017, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Sana, H. (2017). Synthetic ground motions of the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake (Mw 7.6): a stochastic finite fault element approach. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting, SCEC Contribution 7850. Palm Springs California, US.
Sana, H., Mukhtar, G.A. and Nath, S.K. (2015). Seismicity analysis of Chenab Valley Seismic Zone, NW Himalaya: the seismogenic source of Kirthai-I Hydro Electric Project. Journal of Engineering Geology, special publication, 1235-1240.
Sana, H., and Nath S.K. (2014). Maximum Credible earthquake estimation for the Kashmir valley, NW Himalaya. International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Conference, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Book Chapters
Synthetic ground motions of the October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake (Mw 7.6): An inference to the site response and seismic hazard of Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya. Sana, H. (2020). In, Basics of Computational Geophysics, 3-12 pp, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820513-6.00016-3.
Liquefaction as a seismic hazard: Scales, examples and analysis, Sana, H. (2020). In, Basics of Computational Geophysics, 153-163 pp, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820513-6.00007-2
Sana, H., Taborik, P., Valenta, J., Bhat, F.A., Flašar, J., Štěpančíkova, P., Khwaja, N.A. 2021. Detecting active faults in intramountain basins using electrical resistivity tomography: A focus on Kashmir Basin, NW Himalaya. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 192:104395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2021.104395
Klimes J, Novotný J, Rapre AC, Balek J, Zahradnícek P, Strozzi T, Sana H, Frey H, René M, Stˇ epánek P,Meitner J and Junghardt J. 2021.
Paraglacial Rock Slope Stability Under Changing Environmental Conditions, Safuna Lakes, Cordillera Blanca Peru. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 9:607277. https://doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.607277
Sana, H, Stepancikova, P., Szemeitat, A., and Stemberk, J. 2021. Macroseismic intensity re-evaluation of the 11 June 1895 Mid-Silesia earthquake, Poland. Seismological Research Letters, 92(2A):1159–1167. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200359.
Sana, H. 2019. A probabilistic approach to the seismic hazard in Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya. Geoscience Letters, 6:5. https://doi.org/10.1 86/s40562-019-0136-0.
Sana, H., Nath, S. K., and Gujral, K.S. 2019. Site response analysis of the Kashmir valley during the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake (M w 7.6) using a geotechnical dataset. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 78:2551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-018-1254-1.
Sana, H., Bhat, F.A., and Sana, S. 2018. The ancient temples of Kashmir turned from marvel to ruin by earthquakes: a case study of the Pattan twin temples (883-902 AD). Seismological Research Letters, 90(1), 358-365. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180270.
Sana, H. 2018. Seismic microzonation of Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 1 5, 578-588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.09.028.
Sana, H., and Nath, S. K. 2017. Seismic Source Zoning and Maximum Earthquake Prognosis of the Greater Kashmir Territory, NW Himalaya. Journal of Seismology, 21(2), 41 -424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-016-9608-2.
Sana, H., and Nath, S. K. 2016. Liquefaction Potential Analysis of the Kashmir Valley Alluvium, NW Himalaya. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 85, 1 -18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.03.009
Sana, H., and Nath, S. K. 2016. In and Around the Hazara-Kashmir Syntaxis a Seismotectonic and Seismic Hazard perspective. Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, 20 (5), 496-
505. https://tinyurl.com/y8xcgueb.
Ahmad, B., Sana, H., and Alam, A. 2014. Macroseismic intensity assessment of 1885 Baramulla earthquake of northwest Kashmir Himalaya. Quaternary International, 321, 59-
64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.043.
Bhat F. A., Bhat I. M, Sana, H., Mohd Iqbal, Akhtar R. 2013. Identification of geomorphic signatures of active tectonics in the West Lidder Watershed, Kashmir Himalayas Using Remote Sensing and GIS. International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 4(1),164- 176. https://tinyurl.com/ya57u2bq.
Conferences
Sana, H., Zinke, R.W., Ullah, R. and Fielding, E.J., 2022. Coseismic deformation of the October 7, 2021 Harnai earthquake in Pakistan using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and field
measurements. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting December 2022.
Sana, H., Fielding, E., Liang, C., and Yunjun, Z.: Strain accumulation along various faults in the Kashmir Himalaya from InSAR, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-13780, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13780, 2021
Sana, H., Taborik, P., Bhat, F.A., Flasar, J., and P. Stepancikova, (2019). Detecting Active faults in intramountain basins using Electric Resistivity Tomography. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting, SCEC Contribution 9700. Palm Springs California, US.
Reicherter, K., J. Hürtgen, S. Baize, T. Rockwell, S. Pena-Castellnou, J. van der Wall, W. Abbas, C. Weismüller, H. Sana, F.Cinti, H. Jomard, M. Cushing, G. Seitz, K. Diederichs, A. Eulen, S. Mader and J. R. Ritter, (2019). The eastern Rhine Graben Boundary Fault: first results from paleoseismological trenching. Bi-annual meeting of the French Association of Quaternary Geologists (AFEQ-CNF INQUA), Paris (3-4th of February 2020).
Reicherter, K., J. Hürtgen, S. Baize, T. Rockwell, S. Pena-Castellnou, J. van der Wall, W. Abbas, C. Weismüller, H. Sana, F.Cinti, H. Jomard, M. Cushing, G. Seitz, K. Diederichs, A. Eulen, S. Mader and J. R. Ritter, (2019). The eastern Rhine Graben Boundary Fault First results from paleoseismological trenching. 7th International Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes & Paleoseismology Studies 4-6 November 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
Štěpančíková, P., Fischer, T., Hartvich, F., Tábořík, P., Rockwell, T., Stemberk, J., Sana, H., and Szameitat, A., 2018. Historical surface-breaking earthquake in central Europe? 6th Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes & Paleoseismology studies / Book of Abstracts, 24-25 October, Han-sur- Lesse, Belgium.
Sana, H., Štěpančíková, P., and Szameitat, A. (2018). A preliminary note on the macroseismicintensity re-evaluation of the 1 June 1895 central Silesia earthquake, Southwestern Poland. PATA DAYS 2018: 9th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 24th - 29th June, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Štěpančíková, P., Flasar, J., Stemberk, J., Bretislav, B., Kalvoda, J., Sana, H. (2018). Neotectonic activity reflected in morphology along the Mariánské Lázně fault and in the adjacent Cheb basin (Bohemian Massif, central Europe). PATA DAYS 2018: 9th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 24th - 29th June, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sana, H. (2018). Seismic Hazard Assessment of the Kashmir Basin, Northwestern Himalaya: A Probabilistic Approach. Seismology of the Americas Meeting 2018, Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission, Seismological Society of America, 14–17 May 2018 Miami, Florida. Seismological Research Letters, 89(2B), 826-827.
Radulov, A., Yaneva, M., Štěpančíková, P., Gerdjikov, I., Rockwell, T., Donkova, Y., Sana, H., Flašar, J., and Nikolov, N. (2017). Structural evidence for hard linkage between the Predela and Haramibunar faults in Southwestern Bulgaria. Geosciences 2017, 7 December, Bulgarian Geological Society, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Sana, H. (2017). Ground response analysis during the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake (Mw 7.6): implication for historical and paleoearthquake deterministic hazard assessment. PATA DAYS 2017: 8th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 13th - 16th November, Blenheim, New Zealand.
Stepancikova, P., Fischer, T., Hartvich, F., Taborik, P., Rockwell, T., Stemberk, J., Siroky, J., and Sana,H. (2017). Late Quaternary activity of slow-slip intrplate Marianske Lazne fault as revealed by trenching and shallow geophysical survey, Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic, Central Europe). PATA DAYS 2017: 8th International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology, 13th - 16th November, Blenheim, New Zealand.
Sana, H. (2017). Liquefaction as a seismic hazard, an example from the Kashmir Himalaya. Geomorph 2017, 4th Central European Geomorphology Conference, October 9-13, 2017, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Sana, H. (2017). Synthetic ground motions of the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake (Mw 7.6): a stochastic finite fault element approach. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting, SCEC Contribution 7850. Palm Springs California, US.
Sana, H., Mukhtar, G.A. and Nath, S.K. (2015). Seismicity analysis of Chenab Valley Seismic Zone, NW Himalaya: the seismogenic source of Kirthai-I Hydro Electric Project. Journal of Engineering Geology, special publication, 1235-1240.
Sana, H., and Nath S.K. (2014). Maximum Credible earthquake estimation for the Kashmir valley, NW Himalaya. International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Conference, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Book Chapters
Synthetic ground motions of the October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake (Mw 7.6): An inference to the site response and seismic hazard of Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya. Sana, H. (2020). In, Basics of Computational Geophysics, 3-12 pp, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820513-6.00016-3.
Liquefaction as a seismic hazard: Scales, examples and analysis, Sana, H. (2020). In, Basics of Computational Geophysics, 153-163 pp, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820513-6.00007-2
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