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Colliding continents : a geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, & Tibet / Mike Searle.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: xxiii, 438 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780199653003
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 555.496 23 Se439
Contents:
1. Oceans and continents -- 2. Continents in collision : Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar -- 3. The dreaming spires of the Karakoram -- 4. Pressure, temperature, time, and space -- 5. Frozen rivers and fault lines -- 6. North-west frontier : Kohistan, Hindu Kush, Pamirs -- 7. Faces of Everest -- 8. Mapping the geology of Everest and Makalu -- 9. Mountains and Maoists : Annapurna, Manaslu -- 10. Around the bend : Nanga Parbat, Namche Barwa -- 11. Roof of the world : Tibet, Pamirs -- 12. Extruding Indochina : Burma, Vietnam, Yunnan, Thailand -- 13. The day the earth shook : the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake 2004 -- 14. The making of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibetan Plateau -- Appendices.
Summary: Gargantuan geological forces created the spectacular mountain ranges of the Himalaya and Karakoram. Mike Searle, one of the world's most experienced field geologists, tells the scientific story, illustrating it with his own photographs, and accounts of his mountaineering and research in the region.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Oceans and continents --
2. Continents in collision : Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar --
3. The dreaming spires of the Karakoram --
4. Pressure, temperature, time, and space --
5. Frozen rivers and fault lines --
6. North-west frontier : Kohistan, Hindu Kush, Pamirs --
7. Faces of Everest --
8. Mapping the geology of Everest and Makalu --
9. Mountains and Maoists : Annapurna, Manaslu --
10. Around the bend : Nanga Parbat, Namche Barwa --
11. Roof of the world : Tibet, Pamirs --
12. Extruding Indochina : Burma, Vietnam, Yunnan, Thailand --
13. The day the earth shook : the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake 2004 --
14. The making of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibetan Plateau --
Appendices.

Gargantuan geological forces created the spectacular mountain ranges of the Himalaya and Karakoram. Mike Searle, one of the world's most experienced field geologists, tells the scientific story, illustrating it with his own photographs, and accounts of his mountaineering and research in the region.

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