Overview

Plate tectonic collision, climate oscillation, glacial fluctuation, severe wind and water erosion - all have wrought dramatic change on the landscape of the Western Himalaya, one of the most dynamic and spectacular landscapes on Earth. Study of the region - from the Western Himalaya foothills and lowlands to the Arabian Sea - is of particular value to geology and geomorphology because of the size and frequency of events. That much of South Asia is relatively inaccessible has enhanced the significance of research in Pakistan and adjacent areas. Himalaya to the Sea focuses on the general evolution of landforms in Pakistan but is also an essential guide for predictive, protective and remedial measures to mitigate the natural hazards which plague the region and constrain development. The authors describe regional erosion and sedimentation within the context of topographical evolution; more specifically, they deal with neotectonics, past and present glaciation, general mountain geomorphology and process mechanics, past and present fluvial processes and landforms, wind blown loess deposits, age dates, soils, marine terraces and archaeology. This is the first integrated assessment of the geomorphology and Quaternary evolution of this region, from highlands to ocean. Presenting new research, methodologies and theory, this highly illustrated book also provides the first comprehensive bibliography to this exciting region.

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Author:   John F. Shroder Jr.
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.030kg
ISBN:  

9780415066488

ISBN 10:   0415066484
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   02 December 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 HIMALAYA TO THE SEA: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND THE QUATERNARY OF PAKISTAN IN THE REGIONAL CONTEXT 2 MIOCENE TO HOLOCENE UPLIFT AND SEDIMENTATION IN THE NORTHERN HIMALAYA AND ADJACENT AREAS 3 PRESENT AND PAST PATTERNS OF GLACIATION IN THE NORTHWEST HIMALAYA: CLIMATIC, TECTONIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROLS 4 REVISED CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LATE CENOZOIC BUNTHANG SEQUENCE OF SKARDU INTERMONTANE BASIN, KARAKORAM HIMALAYA, PAKISTAN 5 QUATERNARY AND HOLOCENE INTERMONTANE BASIN SEDIMENTATION IN THE KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS 6 QUATERNARY GLACIATION OF THE KARAKORAM AND NANGA PARBAT HIMALAYA 7 ALTITUDINAL ORGANIZATION OF KARAKORAM GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS 8 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND YIELD AT THE RAIKOT GLACIER, NANGA PARBAT, PUNJAB HIMALAYA 9 POSITION OF THE PALAEOINDUS AS REVEALED BY THE MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SHINGHAR AND SURGHAR RANGES, PAKISTAN 10 PALAEOECOLOGIC RECONSTRUCTION OF FLOODPLAIN ENVIRONMENTS USING PALAEOSOLS FROM UPPER SIWALIK GROUP SEDIMENTS, NORTHERN PAKISTAN 11 THE PALAEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LOESS DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN 12 DECREASED TECTONISM OF THE SUI DOME 13 SURFACE SOILS AND INDUS RIVER SEDIMENTS 14 FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE LOWER INDUS BASIN (SINDH, PAKISTAN) AND THE INDUS CIVILISATION 15 MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICS OF THE INDUS RIVER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MOHEN JO DORO SITE 16 UPLIFTED MARINE TERRACES ALONG THE MAKRAN COAST OF PAKISTAN AND IRAN 17 GEOGRAPHY, GEOMORPHIC PROCESS AND EFFECTS ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ON THE MAKRAN COAST

Reviews

The editors and contributors have done a first-class job. The book will be a durable classic, for the editor has brought together a team of authors of distinction.' - Oxford Univ ` ... A timely assessment of the geomorphology and Quaternary history of Pakistan and the adjacent region ... presents valuable reviews and stimulating new results on the processes and patterns of landscape change.' - The Holocene

The editors and contributors have done a first-class job. The book will be a durable classic, for the editor has brought together a team of authors of distinction.' - Oxford Univ ` ... A timely assessment of the geomorphology and Quaternary history of Pakistan and the adjacent region ... presents valuable reviews and stimulating new results on the processes and patterns of landscape change.' - The Holocene

Author Information

John F. Shroder Jr. is Professor and Chair of Department at the Department of Geography and Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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