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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Mike Searle has worked for the last 30 years on the geology of the Himalaya, Karakoram, Tibet, and Southeast Asia. He combines geological field investigations with mountaineering expeditions to the greater ranges, and has published more than 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of Geology and Tectonics of the Karakoram Mountains (Wiley-Blackwell, 1991) and has co-edited four books for the Geological Society of London. He has published a Geological Map of the Mount Everest region, Nepal and South Tibet (2003, 2007) and has given numerous talks about the region.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 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: Northwest 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: Sumatra-Andaman earthquake 2004
- 14: The making of Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibetan plateau
- Postscript
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix 1: Basics
- Appendix 2: Glossary
- Appendix 3: Local glossary
- Appendix 4: Chronology
- Notes
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
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Genre: | Importe, Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Sonstige Sportarten |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780198798514 |
ISBN-10: | 0198798512 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Searle, Mike |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 246 x 172 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Mike Searle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.10.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,921 kg |
Über den Autor
Mike Searle has worked for the last 30 years on the geology of the Himalaya, Karakoram, Tibet, and Southeast Asia. He combines geological field investigations with mountaineering expeditions to the greater ranges, and has published more than 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of Geology and Tectonics of the Karakoram Mountains (Wiley-Blackwell, 1991) and has co-edited four books for the Geological Society of London. He has published a Geological Map of the Mount Everest region, Nepal and South Tibet (2003, 2007) and has given numerous talks about the region.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 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: Northwest 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: Sumatra-Andaman earthquake 2004
- 14: The making of Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibetan plateau
- Postscript
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix 1: Basics
- Appendix 2: Glossary
- Appendix 3: Local glossary
- Appendix 4: Chronology
- Notes
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe, Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Sonstige Sportarten |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780198798514 |
ISBN-10: | 0198798512 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Searle, Mike |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 246 x 172 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Mike Searle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.10.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,921 kg |
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