TY  - BOOK
AU  - Searle,Mike
TI  - Colliding continents: a geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, & Tibet 
SN  - 9780199653003
U1  - 555.496 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Geodynamics
KW  - Himalaya Mountains Region
KW  - Plate tectonics
KW  - Structural Geology
KW  - Himalaya Mountains
KW  - Karakoram Range
KW  - Tibet, Plateau of
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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. North-west 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 : the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake 2004 --
14. The making of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibetan Plateau --
Appendices.
N2  - 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
ER  -