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Colliding Continents: A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet
Mike Searle
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Description for Colliding Continents: A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198798514
SKU
V9780198798514
Shipping Time
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99-2
About Mike Searle
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Colliding Continents: A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet
Beautifully illustrated.
Independent i
Entertaining and informative, Colliding Continents is an easy read which should appeal to anyone with even a little interest in geology.
Danny Yee, dannyreviews.com
All can learn from the master in this excellent book.
Jonathan Wright, Geographical
There's something here to please anyone on the geology spectrum: the student wanting ... Read more
Independent i
Entertaining and informative, Colliding Continents is an easy read which should appeal to anyone with even a little interest in geology.
Danny Yee, dannyreviews.com
All can learn from the master in this excellent book.
Jonathan Wright, Geographical
There's something here to please anyone on the geology spectrum: the student wanting ... Read more