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<p>Added coords</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Shillong Plateau&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[plateau]] in eastern [[Meghalaya]] state, northeastern India. The plateau&#039;s southern, northern and western ridges form the [[Garo Hills|Garo]], [[Khasi Hills|Khasi]] and [[Jaintia Hills]] respectively.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Shillong-Plateau|title=Shillong Plateau {{!}} plateau, India|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-12-25|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> 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 (geology)|mantle]], such as from the [[1897 Assam earthquake]] along the [[Thrust fault#Blind thrust faults|blind]] [[Oldham Fault]].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Karbi-Meghalaya plateau]].<br /> *[[1897 Assam earthquake]]<br /> *[[Dauki fault]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://cat.inist.fr/article-9001267/Shillong-Plateau INIST-CNRS]<br /> * [http://www.britannica.com/eb/?aModele=afficheN&amp;cpsidt=3618736 Encyclopædia Britannica]<br /> <br /> {{coord|25.582|91.999|display=title}}<br /> {{Plateaus of india}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Geology of India]]<br /> [[Category:Landforms of Meghalaya]]<br /> [[Category:Plateaus of India]]</div>

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