Dear Friends
There is new book on Himalayan Collision Tectonics (A.K. Jain, Sandeep
Singh and RM. Manickavasagam) published by Gondwana Research Group Memoir
No.7 @2002. ISBN: 4-938925-13-3-C3344. Persons interested in buying this
book may contact myself ([log in to unmask]) the cost of the book is
US$20.00
This book is devided into two parts. Part I deals with the overall review
of the work including Chapter 1 to 5 and Part II deals with stop wise
description of traverse through the Himalayan Collision zone along
Bhagirathi valley, Garhwal Himalaya. The contents of the book is as followes:
CONTENTS
Introduction
Page No.
Chapter 1 Regional Geological Framework
1-16
Introduction
1
Regional geology
3
Geodynamics of the Himalaya
5
Exhumation of the Himalayan Orogen
9
Sedimentation
. 12
Seismicity and active tectonics of the NW-Himalaya
. 13
Geodynamic evolution of the Himalaya
.. 14
Chapter -2 Structure
17-32
Introduction
. 17
Deformation patterns
18
Major collisional tectonic boundaries
23
Chapter-3 Himalayan Metamorphism
.. 33-44
Introduction
. 33
Metamorphic Episodes
. 33
Metamorphism in SE Kashmir
. 34
Metamorphism in Himachal Pradesh
36
Metamorphism in Garhwal Himalaya
. 39
Metamorphism in Nepal Himalaya
39
Metamorphism in Darjeeling and Sikkim
.. 41
Inverted metamorphism
. 42
Chapter-4 Himalayan Granitoids
45-52
Introduction
45
Karakoram Axial Batholith
45
Trans-Himalayan Batholith
46
North Himalayan Granite Belt
46
Granitoids of the Higher Himalayan Crystalline (HHC) Belt
46
Lesser Himalayan Granite (LHG) Belt
46
Higher Himalayan Leucogranite (HHL) Belt
46
Chapter- 5 Garhwal Seismic Belt
. 53-56
Introduction
.. 53
Delineation of the Garhwal Seismic Belt
53
Epicentres of teleseismically located earthquakes
54
Uttarkashi earthquake of 20 October, 1991
54
Geodynamic model of the Uttarkashi Earthquake
55
Kangra Earthquake of 1905
56
Chapter- 6 Traverse through the Himalayan Collision zone
57-101
Introduction
57
Geological framework of the Garhwal Himalaya
. 57
Stop-wise description of the Himalayan Collision Zone 58
Chapter- 7 Summary and
Conclusions 103-104
References
105-114
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Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee - 247 667
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