Timing and mechanism of the rise of the Shillong Plateau in the Himalayan foreland

Govin, G.; Najman, Y.; Copley, A.; Millar, I.; van der Beek, P.; Huyghe, P.; Grujic, D.; Davenport, J.. 2018 Timing and mechanism of the rise of the Shillong Plateau in the Himalayan foreland. Geology, 46 (3). 279-282. https://doi.org/10.1130/G39864.1

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Abstract/Summary

The Shillong Plateau (northeastern India) constitutes the only significant topography in the Himalayan foreland. Knowledge of its surface uplift history is key to understanding topographic development and unraveling tectonic–climate–topographic coupling in the eastern Himalaya. We use the sedimentary record of the Himalayan foreland basin north of the Shillong Plateau to show that the paleo-Brahmaputra river was redirected north and west by the rising plateau at 5.2–4.9 Ma. We suggest that onset of plateau uplift is a result of increased fault-slip rates in response to stresses caused by the Indian lithosphere bending beneath the Himalaya.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1130/G39864.1
ISSN:	0091-7613
Date made live:	24 Apr 2018 13:37 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519873

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1130/G39864.1

ISSN:

0091-7613

Date made live:

24 Apr 2018 13:37 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519873