Shillong Plateau
The Shillong Plateau is a plateau in eastern Meghalaya state, northeastern India. The plateau's southern, northern and western ridges form the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills respectively.[1]
The plateau shows numerous fracture lineaments in satellite images and has been subjected to extensive and compressive forces in the N-S and E-W direction respectively. Several deep earthquakes point to tectonic activity in the mantle, such as from the 1897 Assam earthquake along the blind .
See also[]
- Karbi-Meghalaya plateau.
- 1897 Assam earthquake
- Dauki fault
References[]
- ^ "Shillong Plateau | plateau, India". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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Categories:
- Geology of India
- Landforms of Meghalaya
- Plateaus of India