TY  - BOOK
AU  - Searle, Mike P.
TI  - Colliding continents: a geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, & Tibet 
SN  - 9780199653003
AV  - QE 634.H55  .Se17 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford, UK
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Geodynamics
KW  - Himalaya Mountains Region
KW  - Geology, Structural
KW  - Himalaya Mountains
KW  - Karakoram Range
KW  - Tibet, Plateau of
KW  - Plate tectonics
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -