Colliding Continents

A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-879851-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 921 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Searle, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Gebirge
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie

Über Autor(innen)

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.