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Cracking the Himalaya

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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Figure 1: Blue yonder.

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Figure 2: Topography of the Himalaya at the site of Wobus and colleagues' study6.

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Burbank, D. Cracking the Himalaya. Nature 434, 963–964 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/434963a

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