Colliding continents : a geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, & Tibet / Mike Searle.
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TextPublication details: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: xxiii, 438 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) 26 cmISBN: - 9780199653003
- QE 634.H55 .Se17 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-430) and index.
Oceans and continents -- Continents in collision : Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar -- The dreaming spires of the Karakoram -- Pressure, temperature, time, and space -- Frozen rivers and fault lines -- North-west frontier : Kohistan, Hindu Kush, Pamirs -- Faces of Everest -- Mapping the geology of Everest and Makalu -- Mountains and Maoists : Annapurna, Manaslu -- Around the bend : Nanga Parbat, Namche Barwa -- Roof of the world : Tibet, Pamirs -- Extruding Indochina : Burma, Vietnam, Yunnan, Thailand -- The day the earth shook : the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake 2004 -- The making of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibetan Plateau.
Presents an account of the geological forces that were involved in creating the mountain ranges of Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamirs and the great plateau of Tibet. Provides narrative of the expeditions - intrepid treks over high passes, precarious river crossings, climbing granite spires by starlight etc..
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