SIT Study Abroad Nepal: Geoscience in the Himalaya

Our Geoscience in the Himalayas summer program is off to a fantastic start! Over the past few days, students have participated in a successful orientation and a range of engaging academic activities, before heading out for fieldwork in the Kali Gandaki River Valley on Saturday. Here are some highlights from our classes and activities, including an insightful Patan heritage walk with Anil Chitrakar and an engaging lecture on Himalayan Geology and Geography by Dr. Bishal Upreti.

16 days until the Nepal Geoscience program begins! Our program center is 800 meters from Bhoudha Stupa. Come visit us at the Yantra house.

53 days until the Nepal Geoscience program begins!

One of the best looking pytgmatic folds I have ever seen! located near lower Dana on the east side of the Kali Gandaki close to the suspension bridge at the school.

Check out this new research by Elizabeth and others! on historical Earthquakes in the Himalaya, Way to go Elizabeth!

Active faulting in the upper plate of the Himalayas: Paleoseismic insights from the Western Nepal fault system | Geosphere | GeoScienceWorld Elizabeth R. Curtiss, Sean P. Bemis, Richard Styron, Michael H. Taylor, Michael Murphy, Andrew K.R. Hoxey, Michael Daniel, Souya Fan, Manoj Kafle, Deepak Chamlagain, Basanta R. Adhikari; Active faulting in the upper plate of the Himalayas: Paleoseismic insights from the Western Nepal fault system. G...

66 Days until the learning and discovery begins. Super excited! Message me if you has questions prior to our predeparture meeting.

Check out this new published research on active faulting in the High Himalaya!

Geometry, kinematics, and slip of the Talphi fault in the Western Nepal Fault System: Implications for strain partitioning during growth of a thrust wedge | GSA Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld Abstract. Active deformation within the Himalayan thrust wedge in western Nepal is partitioned between slip along the Main Himalayan megathrust and splay

Great new research out on active faults in the High Himalaya.

Dextral slip along the Western Nepal Fault System accommodates significant orogen-parallel shear | GSA Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld Andrew K.R. Hoxey, Michael H. Taylor, Michael A. Murphy, Sean Bemis, Deepak Chamlagain, Richard Styron, Elaina Sutley, Basanta R. Adhikari, Suoya Fan, Michael Daniel, Elizabeth Curtiss, Manoj Kafle, John Gosse, Tammy M. Rittenour; Dextral slip along the Western Nepal Fault System accommodates signif...

94 days until field camp in Nepal. The Mountains are calling.

Beautiful memories of the mountains from summer 2025 student Caden Lipsky !