The Hanging Mountains

The Hanging Mountains
Author: Sean Williams
Publisher: Pyr
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2009-12-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 159102823X

The Divide is flooded, at great cost of human - and inhuman - life. Far from home, Sal, Shilly and Skender seek the source of the deluge in the legendary Hanging Mountains, traveling in a magical ship of bone. New threats await them in the fog forests of the Panic, and new tests of their friendship. Caught in a conflict that erupts between two long-forgotten civilizations, they struggle to discern ally from foe, and to find trust when it is needed most. In their wake comes the Homunculus, vessel and prison of the Castillo twins - sole, strange survivors of the catastrophe that changed the world forever, a thousand years ago. Their mission is paramount, their urgency contagious. Something much darker and deadlier than the Swarm is stirring in the heart of the mountains. And for Habryn Kail, already assumed dead by his masters, it might really be the finish of him, this time ...

Across Many Mountains

Across Many Mountains
Author: Yangzom Brauen
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2011
Genre: Buddhist nuns
ISBN: 1846553458

At a Free Tibet demonstration in Moscow in 2001, a Swiss actress is captured on film being arrested. She catches people.s attention for her passion and her striking, Tibetan beauty. A German publisher suggests she tells the world her story. The result is this breathtaking book about Yangzom Brauen.s Tibetan heritage, and most particularly her extraordinary grandmother and mother, who fled Tibet in the early 1950s when the Chinese came to take their country away.

Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the Cordilleran Thrust Belt

Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the Cordilleran Thrust Belt
Author: Christopher J. Schmidt
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 637
Release: 1988
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813711711

This volume emphasizes the interaction of the Cordilleran thrust belt and Rocky Mountain foreland in studies of regional structural geology, geophysics, and sedimentology from west-central Montana to Arizona. The volume outlines how the nature of the Rocky mountain foreland and its deformation affect the geometry of the Cordilleran thrust belt. Many of the structural and geophysical studies reported in this volume also address the question of which structures - forland or thrust belt - developed first in a specific region and how early formed structures influenced later ones. Several chapters address the nature and style of foreland development.

Tectonic Evolution of the Uinta Mountains

Tectonic Evolution of the Uinta Mountains
Author: Donald S. Stone
Publisher: Utah Geological Survey
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1993-09
Genre: Geology, Structural
ISBN: 1557913269

Major tectonic events important in the evolution of the Uinta Mountains were evaluated through palinspastic restoration of a north-south structural cross section drawn along longitude 1090 15' in northeastern Utah. The section crosses the Uinta Mountains from Red Wash field in the Uinta Basin on the south to Clay Basin field in the Green River Basin on the north, a distance of 105 kilometers (65 mi). Surface geologic mapping, borehole, and reflection seismic information comprise the primary data base.

New Insights Into the Structural Geology of the Gilson and Northern Canyon Mountains, Central Utah

New Insights Into the Structural Geology of the Gilson and Northern Canyon Mountains, Central Utah
Author: Sanghoon Kwon
Publisher: Utah Geological Survey
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007-12
Genre: CD-ROMs
ISBN: 1557917787

Describes the bedrock stratigraphy and structural aspects of the study area and the controversies on the structural geology and provides new evidence and interpretations. This CD also includes photographs, structural diagrams, and map of the study area at 1:48,000 scale.

Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains

Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains
Author: William B. Bull
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470691557

With a balance of theory and practical applications, Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains is essential reading for research geologists and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in the earth sciences. This book describes how tectonic events influence geomorphic processes and explores how landscapes respond to tectonic deformation in the ways in which they are weathered, washed, and abraded Uses new approaches to enhance theoretical models of landscape evolution and to solve practical problems such as the assessment of earthquake hazards Includes previously unpublished research and theory Examines how to use key landforms as reference levels in changing landscapes, estimate rates of mountain-range uplift, and map seismic shaking caused by prehistorical earthquakes Presents a diverse range of examples from around the world