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

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Timing and mechanism of the rise of the Shillong Plateau in the Himalayan foreland. / Govin, Gwladys; Najman, Yanina Manya Rachel; Copley, Alex et al.
In: Geology, Vol. 46, No. 3, 24.01.2018, p. 279-282.

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Govin, G, Najman, YMR, 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, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 279-282. https://doi.org/10.1130/G39864.1

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Govin, G., Najman, Y. M. R., 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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Govin G, Najman YMR, Copley A, Millar I, Van der Beek P, Huyghe P et al. Timing and mechanism of the rise of the Shillong Plateau in the Himalayan foreland. Geology. 2018 Jan 24;46(3):279-282. doi: 10.1130/G39864.1

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abstract = "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.",
author = "Gwladys Govin and Najman, {Yanina Manya Rachel} and Alex Copley and Ian Millar and {Van der Beek}, Peter and Pascale Huyghe and Djordje Grujic and Jesse Davenport",
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AU - Govin, Gwladys

AU - Najman, Yanina Manya Rachel

AU - Copley, Alex

AU - Millar, Ian

AU - Van der Beek, Peter

AU - Huyghe, Pascale

AU - Grujic, Djordje

AU - Davenport, Jesse

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AB - 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.

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