Himalaya: Emergence and EvolutionWritten For Those Who Are Not Familiar With Geological Jargon, But Still Want To Know About The Amazing And Spectacular Mountain That Towers Over Our Nation. It Provides A Broad But Brief And Updated Coverage Of The History Of The Birth And The Development Of The Himalayas. It Is A Simplified Synthesis Of Geomorphological, Geological And Geophysical Data, Leading To The Emergence And Rise Of The World S Highest But Youngest Mountain. Presented In The Context Of The Wider Panorama Of The Evolution Of The Indian Subcontinent, The Book Highlights The Crucial Developments That Overtook The Northward-Moving Land Mass Of India. |
Contents
Himalaya the Majestic and the Bountiful 1 | 19 |
WaterDivide and Establishment of the Himalayan Drainage | 27 |
Emergence of the Himadri as a Mountain | 40 |
A Flashback into the Past | 46 |
Birth and Development of the Siwālik | 58 |
Evolution of the Mountain Barrier and Onset of the Monsoon | 68 |
Collapse of the Mountain Front and Formation of | 79 |
Evolution of the IndoGangetic Plains | 91 |
Tectonic Tumult Goes on | 108 |
Common terms and phrases
animals Arunachal Asia assemblage basement belt Brahmaputra carbonate characterized climate cm/yr collision Conglomerate continent crustal debris deformation deposited detritus domain earth's earthquakes erosion Figure floodplains floor flow fold Foreland Basin forests Formation formed fossils Ganga geological granite Hills Himachal Pradesh Himadri Himalaya Himalayan province igneous rock Indian crust Indian Ocean Indian plate Indian subcontinent Indo-Gangetic Plains Indus-Tsangpo Suture Jammu Kailas Karewa Kashmir Kumaun Ladakh lake landmass lavas Lesser Himalaya Limestone Main Boundary Thrust Main Central Thrust metamorphic rocks million year-old million years ago minerals Miocene movement nappes Neotethys Nepal northern occur ocean-floor oceanic trench Pakistan period pile Potwar Precambrian Purana Quercus rise rivers rock composed Saraswati Satluj sector sedimentary rocks sedimentary succession sediments shale silt Sindhu Sirmaur Siwālik Siwālik terrane slopes southern stream Subathu T-HF tectonic terrane Tethyan Tethys Tibet Tibetan Tsangpo uplift Upper Siwālik upwarp Uttaranchal valley volcanic Yamuna yr BP zone
References to this book
In the Years of the Mountains: Exploring the World's High Ranges in Search ... David Gilligan No preview available - 2006 |