The Himalaya grow as India and Eurasia collide. Analyses of deformation during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake suggest that slip on small-scale splay faults, as well as motion during the interseismic period, help to create Earth's highest mountains.
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Taylor, M. Tales of Himalayan topography. Nature Geosci 9, 649–651 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2805
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