Himalaya Orogeny

Author : R. Sharma,I.M. Villa,S. Kumar
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786204035

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Crustal Architecture and Evolution of the Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Orogen by R. Sharma,I.M. Villa,S. Kumar Pdf

This volume comprises 17 contributions that address the architecture and geodynamic evolution of the Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet (HKT) system, covering wide aspects, from the active seismicity of the present day to the remnants of the Proterozoic orogen. The articles investigate the HKT system at different scales, blending field research with laboratory studies. The role of various lithospheric components and their inheritance in the geodynamic and magmatic evolution of the HKT system through time, and their links to global geological events, are studied in the field. The laboratory research focuses on the (sub-)micrometre scale, detailing micro-structural geology, crystal chemistry, geochronology, and the study of circulating fluids, their preservation (trapped in fluid inclusions) and their evolution, distribution, migration and interaction with the solid host. An orogen over 2000 km long can be understood only if the processes at the nanometre and micrometre scales are taken into account. The contributions in this volume successfully combine these scales to enhance our understanding of the HKT system.

Author : Donna Whitney,Christian Teyssier,Christine S. Siddoway
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813723808

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Gneiss Domes in Orogeny by Donna Whitney,Christian Teyssier,Christine S. Siddoway Pdf

Author : Allison Macfarlane,Rasoul B. Sorkhabi,Jay Quade
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813723280

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Himalaya and Tibet by Allison Macfarlane,Rasoul B. Sorkhabi,Jay Quade Pdf

Author : S. Mukherjee,R. Carosi,P.A. van der Beek, B.K. Mukherjee,D.M. Robinson
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862397033

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Tectonics of the Himalaya by S. Mukherjee,R. Carosi,P.A. van der Beek, B.K. Mukherjee,D.M. Robinson Pdf

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 : Anshu K. Sinha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Geology
ISBN : UOM:39015029899575

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Himalayan Orogen and Global Tectonics by Anshu K. Sinha Pdf

Author : Burrell C. Burchfiel,Chen Zhiliang,Kip V. Hodges,Liu Yuping,Leigh H. Royden,Deng Changrong,and Xujiene
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813722696

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The South Tibetan Detachment System, Himalayan Orogen: Extension Contemporaneous With and Parallel to Shortening in a Collisional Mountain Belt by Burrell C. Burchfiel,Chen Zhiliang,Kip V. Hodges,Liu Yuping,Leigh H. Royden,Deng Changrong,and Xujiene Pdf

Author : B.K. Chakrabarti
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323983440

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Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya by B.K. Chakrabarti Pdf

Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya provides an overview on general geology and tectonics of all the Precambrian domains of the Himalayan terrain. Authored by an expert with over five decades of laboratory, field and publication experience, the book studies the “Window zones to provide a scope for understanding Precambrian deformation effects. The book fills a gap in literature, specifically covering the Precambrian geotectonic picture of the terrain. Considering Precambrian regional events are not clearly recognized or visualized in many sectors due to overlapping crystallines, this book details a Precambrian geotectonic framework of the terrain on which the Himalayan event evolved. This book is a necessary reference guide for Earth scientists, exploration and hazard management scientists, professors, students and anyone who carries out research that requires a comprehensive picture of the Precambrian Himalaya and the adjacent peninsula. Features comprehensive data gathered from decades of research on the Himalaya Includes numerous detailed case studies that allow readers to comprehensively consider the data presented Describes the Precambrian tectonostratigraphic history of the Himalayan terrain

Author : George O. Klein
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813722887

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Pangea: Paleoclimate, Tectonics, and Sedimentation During Accretion, Zenith, and Breakup of a Supercontinent by George O. Klein Pdf

Summarizes invited and contributed papers from the May 1992 Project pangea workshop in Lawrence, Kansas. Topics include the climatic evolution of India and Australia, pangean orogenic and epeirogenic uplifts, permian climatic cooling in the Canadian Arctic, and pangean shelf carbonates. Annotation c

Author : Jan Kalvoda
Publisher : Elsevier Publishing Company
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015019297525

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Geomorphological Record of the Quaternary Orogeny in the Himalaya and the Karakoram by Jan Kalvoda Pdf

This book is suitable for specialists in the fields of geomorphology, physical geology, glaciology, geodynamics, geology, geophysics and readers interested in the High Asian mountain ranges.

Author : Ashok Kumar Dubey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319055886

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Understanding an Orogenic Belt by Ashok Kumar Dubey Pdf

The book provides a model for the structural evolution of the Himalaya with relevant background information making it easily accessible to earth scientists specializing in other areas. The book is divided into two parts: The first part describes the basic principles of structural geology that are required to understand the evolutionary model described in the second part. The book incorporates some of the commonly ignored structural features, such as Pre-Himalayan rift tectonics, reactivation of faults, simultaneous development of folds and thrust faults, superposed folds, strike-slip faults developed during early and superposed deformation, problems with GPS data, erratic crustal shortening obtained by restoration of deformed sections, etc. The proposed model is essentially based on inversion tectonics and provides answers to some previously unresolved questions. It describes in detail the structure of the Himalaya as a primary arc, with supporting evidence from model deformation under controlled boundary conditions and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility studies.

Author : Michael R. W. Johnson,Simon L. Harley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521765565

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Orogenesis by Michael R. W. Johnson,Simon L. Harley Pdf

A valuable introduction to the processes of mountain belt formation and summary of orogenic research, for advanced students and researchers.

Author : Geological Society of London
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862390614

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Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya by Geological Society of London Pdf

Author : Megh Raj Dhital
Publisher : Springer
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319024967

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Geology of the Nepal Himalaya by Megh Raj Dhital Pdf

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 : P.J. Treloar,M.P. Searle
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786204059

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Himalayan Tectonics by P.J. Treloar,M.P. Searle Pdf

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 : Rodolphe Cattin,Jean-Luc Epard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789451306

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Himalaya: Dynamics of a Giant, Tectonic Units and Structure of the Himalaya by Rodolphe Cattin,Jean-Luc Epard Pdf