Shillong Plateau
The Shillong Plateau is a
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 Oldham Fault.
Linguistically, it is the homeland to Khasic languages.
See also
- Karbi-Meghalaya plateau.
- 1897 Assam earthquake
- Dauki fault
References
- ^ "Shillong Plateau | plateau, India". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 December 2017.