The collision of India with Asia causes large earthquakes and active faults along the southern margin of the Himalaya. But has localized erosion by monsoon rains created new faults in the interior of the range?
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Burbank, D. Cracking the Himalaya. Nature 434, 963–964 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/434963a
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