Colliding continents
Subtitle: a geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, & Tibet
By: Mike Searle
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780199653003
Subjects: Structural Geology; Plate tectonics; Geodynamics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-430) and index.
Table of contents: title: Oceans and continents; title: Continents in collision : Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar; title: The dreaming spires of the Karakoram; title: Pressure, temperature, time, and space; title: Frozen rivers and fault lines; title: North-west frontier : Kohistan, Hindu Kush, Pamirs; title: Faces of Everest; title: Mapping the geology of Everest and Makalu; title: Mountains and Maoists : Annapurna, Manaslu; title: Around the bend : Nanga Parbat, Namche Barwa; title: Roof of the world : Tibet, Pamirs; title: Extruding Indochina : Burma, Vietnam, Yunnan, Thailand; title: The day the earth shook : the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake 2004; title: The making of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibetan Plateau.