[PDF] Tectonics Of The Western Himalayas eBook

Author : Lawrence L. Malinconico
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813722322

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Papers from a symposium held in San Antonio, Texas, 1986. Contributors consider problems of crustal and lithospheric scales in this area. Contains a folded map of the Salt Range, Pakistan. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Author : S. Mukherjee
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 35,8 MB
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862397031

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The Himalayan mountain belt, which developed during the India–Asia collision starting about 55 Ma ago, is a dramatically active orogen and it is regarded as the classic collisional orogen. It is characterized by an impressively continuous 2500 km of tectonic units, thrusts and normal faults, as well as large volumes of high-grade metamorphic rocks and granites exposed at the surface. This constitutes an invaluable field laboratory, where amazing crustal sections can be observed directly in very deep gorges. It is possible to unravel the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of litho-units, to observe the mechanisms of exhumation of deep-seated rocks and the propagation of the deformation. Himalayan tectonics has been the target of many studies from numerous international researchers over the years. In the last 15 years there has been an explosion of data and theories from both geological and geophysical perspectives. This book presents the results of integrated multidisciplinary studies, including geology, petrology, magmatism, geochemistry, geochronology and geophysics, of the structures and processes affecting the continental lithosphere. These processes and their spatial and temporal evolution have major consequences on the geometry and kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision zone.

Author : V. C. Thakur
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080422060

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Hardbound. During the past two decades the pace of geological work in the Himalayas has considerably increased. Of the different sectors, the Western Himalaya has been studied more extensively than the other parts. A fairly good amount of data on different aspects, viz. stratigraphy, sedimentology, geochemistry, geochronology and structure has been generated from different tectonic zones of Western Himalaya. This book compiles and synthesizes the post-1964 data of the Western Himalaya. The geology of Western Himalaya is described under a tectonic zone framework, and wherever necessary, different regions are discussed separately under each tectonic zone. A geological map of the Western Himalaya has been compiled on 1:1,000,000 scale.

Author : Michael P. Searle
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9781523128730

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This volume will provide a profound update of what we know about Himalayan geology today. The text will address issues that range across the fields of tectonics and structural geology to metamorphism, geochronology and sedimentation. This work will be key reading for geoscientists involved in all aspects of orogenic evolution.

Author : Mike Searle
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191652490

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The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today. The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram - one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The Karakoram has half of the world's highest mountains and a reputation as being one of the most remote and savage ranges of all. In this beautifully illustrated book, Mike Searle, a geologist at the University of Oxford and one of the most experienced field geologists of our time, presents a rich account of the geological forces that were involved in creating these mountain ranges. Using his personal accounts of extreme mountaineering and research in the region, he pieces together the geological processes that formed such impressive peaks.

Author : P.J. Treloar
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 28,20 MB
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1786204053

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The Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet mountain belt resulted from Cenozoic collision of India and Asia and is frequently used as the type example of a continental collision orogenic belt. The last quarter of a century has seen the publication of a remarkably detailed dataset relevant to the evolution of this belt. Detailed fieldwork backed up by state-of-the-art structural analysis, geochemistry, mineral chemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, isotope chemistry, sedimentology and geophysics produced a wide-ranging archive of data-rich scientific papers. The rationale for this book is to provide a coherent overview of these datasets in addressing the evolution of the mountain ranges we see today. This volume comprises 21 specially invited review papers on the Himalaya, Kohistan arc, Tibet, the Karakoram and Pamir ranges. These papers span the history of Himalayan research, chronology of the collision, stratigraphy, magmatic and metamorphic processes, structural geology and tectonics, seismicity, geophysics, and the evolution of the Indian monsoon. This landmark set of papers should underpin the next 25 years of Himalayan research.

Author : Herbert H. T. Prins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 22,27 MB
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1107114713

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The first reference to demonstrate how birds survive the high-altitude Central Asian Flyway and the threats to this unique migration.