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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830528303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 1-394-22862-7; 1-394-22859-7
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 pages)
• Disciplina: 915.49604
• Soggetti: Himalaya Mountains Region Description and travel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Tributes -- Foreword -- Preface. From Research to Education: The Example of the Seismology at School in Nepal Program -- Part 1. Tethyan Himalayan Sequence -- Chapter 1. Magmatism in the Kohistan-Ladakh Paleo-arc: Building Continental Crust During the India-Eurasia Convergence -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Geological setting of the Kohistan-Ladakh arc -- 1.3.Main geological contacts -- 1.3.1. The Shyok Suture Zone -- 1.3.2. The Indus Suture Zone -- 1.4. Reconstruction of the arc structure and evolution -- 1.4.1.SouthernPlutonicComplex -- 1.4.2.ChilasComplex -- 1.4.3. Gilgit Complex and Kohistan Batholith -- 1.4.4. Ladakh Batholith -- 1.5. Geochemistry and magmatic evolution of Kohistan-Ladakh magmas -- 1.5.1. Inferences for juvenile continental crust construction -- 1.5.2. Isotopic composition, inferences on the mantle source and crustal assimilation, and implications for the timing of collisions -- 1.6. Tectonic reconstructions of Kohistan-Ladakh arc evolution -- 1.6.1. Scenario 1: south-dipping subduction zone -- 1.6.2. Scenario 2: north-dipping subduction zone -- 1.7.Conclusion -- 1.8.References -- Chapter 2. Suture Zone -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2.General geologicaldescriptionof the ITSZ -- 2.3. The Indus suture zone of the Eastern Ladakh, the Nidar zone -- 2.3.1. The Indus group sediments -- 2.3.2. The Nidar ophiolite -- 2.3.3. The accretionary wedge or oceanic mélange -- 2.4.Conclusion ; -- 2.5.References -- Chapter 3. Geological Evolution of the Tethys Himalaya -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2.The stratigraphyof theTethysHimalaya -- 3.2.1.The pre-Tethyanhistory -- 3.2.2.TheNeotethyanrift stage -- 3.2.3.TheNeotethyandrift stage -- 3.2.4. The Paleocene-Eocene collision stage -- 3.3.Deformationof theTethysHimalaya -- 3.3.1.Deformation and metamorphismof the Tethys Himalaya in Dolpo (WesternNepal).; 3.3.2. Deformation and metamorphism of the Tethys Himalaya inLadakh(NWIndia) -- 3.4.Conclusion -- 3.5.References -- Part 2. Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex -- Chapter 4. High-Pressure and Ultra-High-Pressure Units in the Himalaya -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. High pressure rocks in the suture zone (witnesses of the oceanic subduction) -- 4.2.1. The Shapi-Shergol blueschists (Ladakh) -- 4.2.2.TheShanglaBlueschists (Pakistan) -- 4.2.3.TheSangsangBlueschist -- 4.2.4. The Indo-Burmese Blueschists -- 4.3. Continental high-pressure (HP) to ultra-high-pressure (UHP) metamorphism of the Indian margin (continental subduction) located next to the Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone -- 4.3.1.TheKaghanunit -- 4.3.2.TheTsoMorariUHPunit -- 4.3.3. Other HP metamorphosed unit south of suture zone in the Indian continentalmargin -- 4.4. Oligocene-Miocene high-pressure, high-temperature metamorphism eclogite with granulite overprint far from the suture zone -- 4.5.Conclusion -- 4.6.References -- Chapter 5. The Greater Himalayan Sequence - Tectonic, Petrographic and Kinematic Evolution of the Metamorphic Core Zone of the Himalayan Orogeny -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the GHS in the central part of the Himalaya inNepal -- 5.3. Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the GHS in the north-western part of the Indian Himalaya in Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh -- 5.3.1. Metamorphism and deformation in the High Himalayan Crystalline Zone of Zanskar -- 5.3.2. Timing of crustal shortening and metamorphism along the Miyar ShearZone -- 5.3.3. Kinematic and tectonothermal evolution of the High Himalayan Crystalline Zone of Zanskar -- 5.4.Conclusion -- 5.5.References -- Chapter 6. Oligo-Miocene Exhumation of the Metamorphic Core Zone of the Himalaya Across the Range -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2.CentralHimalaya -- 6.3.NorthWest India -- 6.4.Conclusion.; 6.5.References -- Part 3. Lesser and Sub Himalayan Sequence -- Chapter 7. Lithostratigraphy, Petrography and Metamorphism of the Lesser Himalayan Sequence -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2.Lithostratigraphyand petrography -- 7.2.1.Lower-LHS -- 7.2.2.Upper-LHS -- 7.2.3.Meta-igneous rocks -- 7.2.4. Along-strike variation in the LHS lithostratigraphy -- 7.3.Metamorphism -- 7.3.1.Lower-LHS -- 7.3.2.Upper-LHS -- 7.3.3.Tectonic implications -- 7.4.Conclusion -- 7.5.References -- Chapter 8. Sedimentary and Structural Evolution of the Himalayan Foreland Basin -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Overall geometry of the outer Himalayan domain -- 8.2.1.Forelandbasin geometry -- 8.2.2. Incorporation of the foreland basin into the range: a typical thin-skinnedthrust belt structure -- 8.3.Themain forelandsediments features -- 8.3.1. Present-day foothill sediments and morphology -- 8.3.2. Sedimentary facies of the Neogene Siwalik foreland basin deposits -- 8.3.3.Evolutionof sources -- 8.3.4. Evolution of environmental conditions -- 8.4. Evolution of the outer Himalayan domain: geodynamics and external processes control -- 8.4.1. Critical tectonic wedge, tectonic and surface processes velocity -- 8.4.2. Processes controlling the evolution of the foreland basin -- 8.5.Conclusion -- 8.6.References -- Conclusion -- List of Authors -- Index -- Summaries of other volumes -- EULA.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Himalaya is well known as the largest and highest mountain belt on ; Earth. Advances in geoscience over the past few decades have revealed a complex picture of the dynamics of this giant, opening up questions about the initial stages of Himalayan building, lateral variations in its structures, variations in tectonic forcing, tectonic-climate coupling and assessments of the natural hazards affecting this area. In this three-volume book, we present the current knowledge on the building and present-day behavior of the Himalayan range. The objective is not to be exhaustive, but to provide some key elements used by researchers to unravel the many processes acting in the Himalayan dynamics. Mountain environments are at the forefront of climate change with glacier retreat, landslides, flash floods and water availability. Understanding the delicate balance that controls the dynamics of the Himalayan giant is now, more than ever, a major challenge for the scientific community.

The readers' advisory guide to historical fiction / / Jennifer S. Baker ; cover image, André Klaassen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809523703321
• Autore: Baker Jennifer S. <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, Illinois : , : ALA Editions, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-8389-1245-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Collana: ALA Readers' Advisory Series
• Disciplina: 026/.8088381
• Soggetti: Fiction in libraries - United States; Libraries - United States - Special collections - Historical fiction; Readers' advisory services - United States; Historical fiction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Readers' Advisory Guide to Historical Fiction; Contents; Series Introduction; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1. A Wall of Portraits, A Hall of Doors; A Brief History of Historical Fiction; ; Important Twentieth-Century Historical Fiction Authors; Benchmark Authors of Current Historical Fiction; The Appeal of Historical Fiction; Organizing the Genre; Honing Your Skills; The Subgenres of Historical Fiction; Notes; Chapter 2. Talking with Historical Fiction Readers; Reading Maps; Honing Your Skills; Notes; Chapter 3. Historical Fiction by Time Period; Prehistory; The Ancient World: Tenth Century BC to AD Fifth Century The Middle Ages: Sixth Century through Fourteenth Century; The Renaissance: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries; The Age of Enlightenment: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; The Nineteenth Century; The Twentieth Century; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4. Historical Fiction by Place; Africa; North America; South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean; Asia and the Middle East; Australia; Europe; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Biographical Historical Fiction; Defining Biographical Historical Fiction; The Appeal of Biographical Historical Fiction Well-Known Biographical Historical Fiction; Major Historical Figures; Before Henry VIII; The Reign of King Henry VIII; After Henry VIII; Topical Fictional Biographies: Artists; Topical Fictional Biographies: Writers; Topical Fictional Biographies: Heroes and Villains; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6. Historical Fiction by Subject; American Revolutionary War; American Civil War; World War II; The Vietnam War; Witchcraft; The Great Depression; History of Medicine; History of Science; Regional Historical Fiction; Can You Really Learn History from Historical Fiction?English History Traced in Historical Fiction; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7. Culture, Ethnicity, Religion, and Gender in Historical Fiction; African American Historical Fiction; Asian American Historical Fiction; Native American Historical Fiction; Latino and Latin American Historical Fiction; Christian Historical Fiction; Jewish Historical Fiction; LGBT and Nontraditional Gender Identity Historical Fiction; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8. Historical Fiction and Other Genres; Hone Your Skills; Adventure: Sea Stories; Napoleonic Sea Stories; Historical Fiction Set in the West Historical Mysteries; Romantic Historical Fiction; Historical Fantasy; King Arthur; Alternate History; Time Travel; Time Sweep; Family Saga; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 9. Expanding Readers' Advisory Services: The Whole-Collection Approach; Strategies for Busy Readers' Advisors; Honing Your Skills; Virtual Readers' Advisory; Form-Based Readers' Advisory; Putting It All Together; Notes; Chapter 10. Keeping Current, Staying Relevant; Marketing the Collection; Book Lists; Displays; Outreach, Programs, and Online Services; Resources for Readers' Advisors; Keep Track of What You Read: A Personal Reading Plan
• Sommario/riassunto: Emphasizing an appreciation of historical fiction in its many forms and focusing on what fans enjoy, this guide provides a fresh take on a durable genre.