Abstract
Abstract The Shillong plateau in north-east India shows innumerable fracture lineaments on satellite images. In fact the whole plateau is criss-crossed by fractures. The plateau has been subjected to extensive compressional forces mainly in N-S and E-W directions resulting from the collision of the Indian plate with the Tibetan and Burmese plates, respectively. This type of plate tectonism has been responsible for the formation of many significant faults, folds and other tectonic features in the Shillong plateau and adjoining regions. The well known E-W trending Dauki fault, N-S trending faults, NE-SW trending shear zone and other prominent lineaments and their associated structural features could be studied on the basis of remote sensing techniques. Folding in soft sediments along the Dauki fault reveals the compression direction. Directional compressional tectonism has been expressed through lateral movements along the NE-SW trending shear zone and N-S trending faults and folds in the area just south of...
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