himalaya

Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya

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The Himalaya inspire the notion of Shangri-la and are world renowned for their exquisite mountain scenery and the ancient cultures that tenaciously inhabit this harsh and sublime landscape. Home to all fourteen of the world's highest peaks, including Mount Everest, and some of i…

Illustrated atlas of the Himalaya

by Zurick, David, Bajracharya, Birendra, Shrestha, Basanta Raj, Pacheco, Julsun

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"Providing a panoramic overview of contemporary land and life in the Earth's highest mountains, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya is the first full-color, comprehensive atlas of the geography, economics, politics, and culture of this spectacular area. Drawing from the author…

Illustrated atlas of the Himalaya

by Zurick, David, Bajracharya, Birendra, Shrestha, Basanta Raj, Pacheco, Julsun

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The Himalaya inspire the notion of Shangri-la and are world renowned for their exquisite mountain scenery and the ancient cultures that tenaciously inhabit this harsh and sublime landscape. Home to all fourteen of the world's highest peaks, including Mount Everest, and some of i…

The uplift history of the Himalaya and Tibet is crucial to understanding both the geodynamic evolution of the orogen and its influence on the Asian climate system. Here we reconstruct paleoelevation in the northern Himalaya using the hydrogen isotope composition (δD) of synkinem…

Tibetan Houses: Vernacular Architecture of the Himalayas and Envi…

by Herrle, Peter, Wozniak, Anna

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The region of the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan plateau is known for its unique and characteristic vernacular architecture and housing culture which is slowly but surely disappearing. The first part of the book analyses 19 traditional houses in the region that respond in d…

Rocks exposed south of the MMT in the lower Swat terrane, Pakistan represent the northernmost margin of the Indian plate. These rocks comprise Precambrian-Cambrian(?) basement gneiss (Swat Gneisses) and Paleozoic cover-sequence (Alpurai Group metasediments). Anatectic tourmaline…

The research presented in this dissertation examines how the relative dominance of silicate versus carbonate weathering varies both spatially and temporally in two rapidly uplifting, young orogenic belts—the Himalaya Mountains and the New Zealand Southern Alps. Silicate rocks in…

Life in the Himalaya: an ecosystem at risk

by Pandit, Maharaj K.

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Life in the Himalaya explores the interconnectedness between geophysical and biological components of the mountain and its relation to the sustainability of human activities in the region. At the end of glacial age, the Himalayan landscape was significantly transformed by humans…