Geology Of The Himalayan Belt
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| Author | : B.K. Chakrabarti |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2016-03-04 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0128020601 |
Geology of the Himalayan Belt: Deformation, Metamorphism, Stratigraphy presents sophisticated metamorphic and igneous rock data across various Himalayan geographic sectors, capturing their petrography, metamorphism, structure, mineralization, and regional tectonic research. With an east-west extension of about 3000 kilometers and numerous 8000 meter peaks, the Himalayas are the most spectacular mountain ranges on earth. Since the 19th century, they have provided a testing ground of global importance for the development of geodynamic concepts, from isostasy over continental collision, to more recently, feedback mechanisms between tectonics and climate. This book collects the broad range of data that's been gathered on the Himalayas over the past 50 years, providing a comprehensive analysis and interpretation on the available data that brings the scientific community a better understanding of the geological diversity and structure of the Himalayan belt, along with new techniques that have applications in a host of global geological settings. - Features a vast amount of geological research data collected in the Himalayas over the past half century - Authored by a recognized global expert on the geology of the Himalayan belt - Presents analysis and interpretation techniques to aid scientists in conducting fieldwork and research - Provides the latest information on geodynamic concepts, from isostasy over continental collision, to more recently, feedback mechanisms between tectonics and climate
| Author | : P.G. DeCelles |
| Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
| Total Pages | : 77 |
| Release | : 2020-06-16 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 081372547X |
"Spanning eight kilometers of topographic relief, the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in Nepal has accommodated more than 700 km of Cenozoic convergence between the Indian subcontinent and Asia. Rapid tectonic shortening and erosion in a monsoonal climate have exhumed greenschist to upper amphibolite facies rocks along with unmetamorphosed rocks, including a 5-6-km-thick Cenozoic foreland basin sequence. This Special Paper presents new geochronology, multisystem thermochronology, structural geology, and geological mapping of an approximately 37,000 km2 region in midwestern and western Nepal. This work informs enduring Himalayan debates, including how and where to map the Main Central thrust, the geometry of the seismically active basal Himalayan detachment, processes of tectonic shortening in the context of postcollisional India-Asia convergence, and long-term geodynamics of the orogenic wedge"--Publisher's website
| Author | : P.J. Treloar |
| Publisher | : Geological Society of London |
| Total Pages | : 674 |
| Release | : 2019-10-08 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1786204053 |
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 | : S. Mukherjee |
| Publisher | : Geological Society of London |
| Total Pages | : 325 |
| Release | : 2015-09-28 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1862397031 |
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 | : Megh Raj Dhital |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 499 |
| Release | : 2015-02-11 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3319024965 |
This book addresses the geology of the entire Himalayan range in Nepal, i.e., from the Gangetic plain in the south to the Tethyan zone in the north. Without a comprehensive look at the various Himalayan zones, it is practically impossible to fully grasp the processes at work behind the formation and development of the spectacular Himalaya. However, the goal is not merely to document all the scientific ontology but rather to reveal a sound basis for the prevailing concepts. Both the early literature on Himalayan geology and contemporary trends are fully covered. For the first time, the origin, use, and abuse of common Himalayan geological terms such as the Siwaliks, Lesser Himalaya, Main Boundary Thrust, Main Central Thrust, and Tethys are discussed. The book will help readers to progress from a cognitive approach to a constructive one by linking various types of knowledge, such as seeking relations between various geological structures as well as between earlier thoughts or views and contemporary approaches.
| Author | : John F. Shroder Jr. |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
| Release | : 2002-09-26 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1134919778 |
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Graham Park |
| Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
| Total Pages | : 477 |
| Release | : 2017-11-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1780465793 |
An explanation of how and why mountains are formed. The age, location, life cycle and key features of different mountain types are described.
| Author | : Augusto Gansser |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1973 |
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| Author | : A.K. Jain |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 594 |
| Release | : 2020-04-07 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3030428451 |
This books documents the salient characters of the tectonic evolution of the Indian subcontinent. It showcases the well investigated subcontinent of Gondwana. The book is linked to an updated geological and tectonic map of this region on 1:12,000,000 in scale. The Indian subcontinent displays almost uninterrupted and unique the geological history since about Eo-Archean (~3800 Ma) to recent, with the development of many Proterozoic deformed and metamorphosed fold belts around Archean nuclei, and enormously thick undeformed platform deposits. After their stabilization during late Proterozoic, the subcontinent underwent Paleozoic rifting and deposition of coal-bearing thick sequences, followed by enormously-thick outpouring of Deccan volcanics as a consequence of huge mantle plume. The youngest event in its evolution is the Cenozoic Himalayan Orogenic Mountains, spanning the area between Nanga Parbat and Namcha Barwah; a part of which extends both in Pakistan and Myanmar.
| Author | : V. C. Thakur |
| Publisher | : Pergamon |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780080422060 |
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.
