Himalaya to the Sea: Geology, Geomorphology and the Quaternary

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ISBN: 9780415066488 | 0415066484
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/27/1993

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Focuses on the evolution of landforms in the Western Himalaya, providing an essential guide for predictive, protective and remedial measures to mitigate the natural hazards which plague the region and constrain development.

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Foreword	p. xx
Preface	p. xxiii
Acknowledgements	p. xxvi
Himalaya to the Sea: Geomorphology and the Quaternary of Pakistan in the Regional Context	p. 1
Miocene to Holocene Uplift and Sedimentation in the Northwestern Himalaya and Adjacent Areas	p. 43
Present and Past Patterns of Glaciation in the Northwest Himalaya: Climatic, Tectonic and Topographic Controls	p. 72
Revised Chronostratigraphy of the Late Cenozoic Bunthang Sequence of Skardu Intermontane Basin, Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan	p. 91
Quaternary and Holocene Intermontane Basin Sedimentation in the Karakoram Mountains	p. 108
Quaternary Glaciation of the Karakoram and Nanga Parbat Himalaya	p. 132
Altitudinal Organization of Karakoram Geomorphic Processes and Depositional Environments	p. 159
Sediment Transport and Yield at the Raikot Glacier, Nanga Pare At, Punjab Himalaya	p. 184
Position of the Palaeoindus as Revealed by the Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Shinghar and Surghar Ranges, Pakistan	p. 198
Palaeoecologic Reconstruction of Floodplain Environments Using Palaeosols from Upper Siwalik Group Sediments, Northern Pakistan	p. 213
The Palaeoclimatic Significance of the Loess Deposits of Northern Pakistan	p. 227
Decreased Tectonism of the Sui Dome	p. 236
Surface Soils and Indus River Sediments	p. 251
Fluvial Geomorphology of the Lower Indus Basin (sindh, Pakistan) and the Indus Civilization	p. 265
Morphology and Dynamics of the Indus River: Implications for the Mohen Jo Daro Site	p. 288
Uplifted Marine Terraces along the Makran Coast of Pakistan and Iran	p. 327
Geography, Geomorphic Process and Effects on Archaeological Sites on the Makran Coast	p. 363
References	p. 379
Index	p. 411
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