 | | Book | | Geology Reviews Megh Raj Dhital Geology of the Nepal Himalaya Regional Perspective of the Classic Collided...from Tatopani Megh Raj Dhital Geology of the Nepal Himalaya Regional Perspective of the Classic Collided...Geology Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu Nepal ISBN 978-3-319-02495-0 ISBN 978-3-319-02496-7 DOI...geological setup as Nepal. Forming a bridge between the Western and Eastern Himalaya, Nepal occupies a pivotal...in south to the highest peak of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) in the north and covering a vast time span from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rock specimens brought back from the summit of Mount Everest by the successful Swiss climbers in 1956, and...contain crinoidal fragments. Their large uniform calcite crystals contrast with the otherwise much finer...well-preserved to allow an age-determination of the top Everest limestone. They do, however, support rather than...(to Lower Permian) age generally assigned to the Everest limestones, on the grounds that they are overlain...shown in Plate IV, is formed by a single large calcite crystal in contrast with thefine-grainedcalcites |  | | Report (chapter) | | exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Mount Everest Massif, Tibet/Nepal: implications for orogen-scale flow...detailed kinematic and vorticity analyses in the Everest region. At the highest structural levels, mean...limestone and marble from the Yellow Band on Mount Everest. Underlying amphibolite-facies schists and gneisses...lithotectonic elements of the orogen. The location of the Everest transect and significant geographical locations...in the Rongbuk valley on the north side of the Everest massif, Tibet (Law et al. 2004); and (3) preliminary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Results of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1921 Author(s): A. M. Heron Source: The Geographical...D.Sc, Read at the Afternoon F.G.S., THE MOUNT EVEREST 1921 Geological of India 1922. Map Survey...running from the Khombu pass south-eastwards through Everest and Makalu to the Arun, and to the east of the...Terms and Conditions THE ment. To MOUNT the north EVEREST of this watershed EXPEDITION, short...the crystalline area in the neighbourhood of Mount Everest, with the assistance of Major Wheeler's map |  | | Report (chapter) | | migmatization and leucogranites along the Everest transect of Eastern Nepal and Tibet: record of an exhumation...migmatization and leucogranites along the Everest transect of Eastern Nepal and Tibet: record of an exhumation...of the High Himalayan Crystallines (HHC) in the Everest transect. After an early Barrovian-type metamorphism...transect of Mt Everest (Chomolungma; 8848m) in the Khumbu region, the Arun and Barun valleys (Nepal) and the...the adjacent tectonic units in the cross-strike Everest transect. As in other regions of the central and |  | COTTLE, J. M., WATERS, D. J., RILEY, D., BEYSSAC, O., JESSUP, M. J. (2011) Metamorphic history of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Mt. Everest region, revealed by RSCM thermometry and phase equilibria modelling. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 29 (5) 561-582 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00930.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | history of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Mt. Everest region, revealed by RSCM thermometry and phase...along strike from Zanskar in NW India to Arunachal Pradesh in NE India (Fig. 1) (Burg et al., 1984; Burchfiel...referred to in the text: Z, Zanskar; AP, Arunachal Pradesh. finite-element models which suggested that extrusion...Valley in NW India (Chambers et al., 2009) and the Everest region where Hodges et al. (1992) obtained a single...of the rocks immediately beneath the STDS, the Everest Series, by Jessup et al. (2008) revealed a complex |  | JESSUP, M. J., COTTLE, J. M., SEARLE, M. P., LAW, R. D., NEWELL, D. L., TRACY, R. J., WATERS, D. J. (2008) P-T-t-Dpaths of Everest Series schist, Nepal. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 26 (7) 717-739 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2008.00784.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1525-1314.2008.00784.x P–T–t–D paths of Everest Series schist, Nepal M. J. JESSUP,1* J. M. COTTLE,2† M. P...pressure–temperature–time–deformation (P–T–t–D) history of Everest Series schist and calcsilicate preserved in the...structural levels of the Everest region. Pristine staurolite schist from the Everest Series contains garnet...± 21 C, 6.2 ± 0.7 kbar. Other samples of the Everest Series contain garnet with prograde zoning and...The Lhotse detachment (LD) marks the base of the Everest Series. Structurally beneath the LD, within the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and the ultrabasic rocks of the remote Kiogar district. This " most problematical region of the whole...circumperambulation in disguise in 1936 of the holy Mount Kailas in Tibet. One can well understand the temptation...covering his Mount Everest finds. Nepal Himalaya In his opening remarks on the Himalaya of Nepal, in Chapter...geologists who had had permission to do any work in Nepal. But the recent opening of the country to mountaineering...accompanied by geologists, particularly in the Mount Everest district, has provided important information and |  | | Report (chapter) | | restoration and evolution of the Greater Himalaya in Nepal-South Tibet: implications for channel flow and ductile...examined, with particular reference to the Everest transect across Nepal-south Tibet. The catalyst for the early...University of St Andrews on February 23, 2015 EVEREST STRUCTURE, RESTORATION AND EVOLUTION ultra-high...This paper synthesizes data from the Everest transect, Tibet-Nepal in the context of the channel flow model...(2004). We attempt a restoration of the entire Nepal-south Tibet GHS and use this restored section as |  | Donovan, Stephen K., Harper, David A. T., Renbin, Zhan, Stemmerik, Lars, Jianbo, Liu, Stouge, Svend (2012) A primitive cladid crinoid from the Jiacun Group, Tibet (Darriwilian, Middle Ordovician) Geological Journal, 47 (6) 653-660 doi:10.1002/gj.2436 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of similar lithology outcrop at the summit of Everest. A new crinoid morphospecies, Segmentocolumnus...crinoid material from close to the China (Tibet)–Nepal border, about 5000 m above sea level, and from the...part of the formation eastwards to the summit of Everest where the Chiatsun Group, locally assigned to the...Location of the study area within China (A), along the Nepal–Tibet border area (B) and the site of the study...29817, pluricolumnal showing latus (left) with calcite cleavage more prominent than columnals. All specimens |  | | Report (chapter) | | have been studied along a transect in the eastern Nepal Himalaya and southern Tibet. The lowest Lesser Himalayan...Main Central Thrust (MCT) as defined in central Nepal. The HHC are a gneiss sequence of 6-7 km visible...geological knowledge of the eastern Himalaya along the Everest-Makalu transect and describes its tectonomagmatic... Geological Map of Eastern Nepal, 1:250,000, Dept. Mines & Geol. of Nepal). upper Dzakar Chu area. A...leucogranites of the Everest-Makalu area. Geological setting: the eastern Nepal Himalaya As elsewhere |  | | Report (chapter) | | South Tibetan Detachment shear zone in the Mt Everest region, from the 1933 sample collection of L. R...over a north–south distance of 35 km in the Mt Everest area, eastcentral Himalaya. The ductile shear zone...New thermobarometry from the north flank of Mt Everest reveals a gradient from 440°C at the QD down to...and migmatites. In southern Tibet and eastern Nepal (Fig. 1), the STDS typically consists of a brittle...Wager during the British expedition to climb Mt Everest from the Tibetan side in 1933. These samples expand |  | | Report (edition) | | Arunachal Pradesh) and Western Himalaya (Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh) respectively...Arunachal Pradesh whereas the Western Himalaya passes through Jammu Kashmir-Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand...from Jammu and Kashmir in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east, was felt. Geological Survey of India...contribution in Precambrian Geology of Himachal Pradesh Province in Chapter-17 and also thank other young...geologically related and coherent parts, are separated by Nepal Himalaya which does not come under the purview of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Observations on the Rocks and Glaciers of Mount Everest Author(s): N. E. Odell Source: The Geographical...OBSERVATIONS OF N. October 4 E. THE ON MOUNT Odell, ROCKS EVEREST A.R.S.M., AND 1925 GLACIERS F.G...activities in the area lying to the north of Mount Everest, and his work was, as he himself has said, "...in particular, that in the neighbourhood of Mount Everest itself, and that of the Rongshar and Gaurisankar...east and west of these southward lines. The Mount Everest Region. In trekking southward from the town |  | | Report (chapter) | | 1. (a) Generalized geological map of Arunachal Pradesh showing the location of the study area (after Thakur...Kimin–Taliha road section, Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh (modified after Kumar & Singh 1980) showing...apatite. Secondary minerals (e.g. epidote, chlorite, calcite and iron oxide) are also present. Quartz occurs...Metagranitoids from Eastern Himalaya, Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh 0.600 0.151 0.634 0.462 0.486 0.488 0.459 0.392...from the Eastern Himalaya, Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh ±1σ 176 Lu/177Hf ±2σ 176 Yb/177Hf ±2σ 176 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | north (Fig. 1). From south to north, these units in Nepal are: the molasse sediments of the Sub-Himalaya,...and extending from the lower Arun valley in east Nepal to the northern end of the Ama Drime range in southern...line is the approximate political boundary between Nepal (to the south) and China (to the north). (LHCS...(LHCS, Fig. 2), as is done in western–central Nepal for similar sequences (Upreti, 1999) and further west...west in the Sutlej Valley of Himachal Pradesh, India (Vannay et al., 2004 and references therein). As is |  | | Report (chapter) | | system from the Kali Gandaki–Modi Khola region of Nepal, and Patel et al. (1993) presented a tectonic model... 11 T 6 20 5 MBT 30˚N Bhutan 16 3 4 1 Nepal India 7 21 22 10 9 MB T Sikkim 8 MFT 80˚E...text: 1, Kali Gandaki/Modi Khola; 2, Zanskar; 3, Everest; 4, Annapurna; 5, Dhaulagiri; 6, Dzakaa Chu; 7...provided shortly afterwards by work in central Nepal (Caby et al. 1983) and southern Tibet (Burg & Chen...India–China, Nepal–China and Bhutan–China, and cutting well-known high-elevation peaks such as Mt Everest, Annapurna |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Rocks of Mount Everest Author(s): A. M. Heron Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Sep...http://about.jstor.org/terms THE ROCKS OF MOUNT EVEREST climbing to about 26,ooo feet. He writes that...will be shown as soon as possible, and the Mount Everest Committee will probably arrange for a public...photographs in photogravure. THE ROCKS OF MOUNT EVEREST Dr. A. M, Heron T...northern faces and spurs. The specimens show Mount Everest to be a pile of altered sedimentary rocks-shales |  | Xu, Qiang, Ding, Lin, Spicer, Robert A., Liu, Xiaohui, Li, Shun, Wang, Houqi (2018) Stable isotopes reveal southward growth of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau since the Paleocene. Gondwana Research, 54. 50-61 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2017.10.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT Original...positions, compared with PT E the aragonite and calcite standards (Saylor et al., 2009), demonstrate that...O content of the carbonates. Secondary sparry calcite indicative of isotope resetting can easily be...dominated by aragonite with only a small proportion of calcite (Figure 6). These mineral compositions confirm... D heterogeneity in δ18Oc values of adjacent calcite phases among the marine limestone PT E clasts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Evidence from the Annapurna−Dhaulagiri Himalaya, Nepal Michael P. Searle Geosphere 2010;6;296-315 doi:...Evidence from the Annapurna–Dhaulagiri Himalaya, Nepal Michael P. Searle Department of Earth Sciences,...faults in the Annapurna– Dhaulagiri Himalaya in Nepal and the spectacular north-vergent folds above the...detachment in the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna ranges of Nepal (Fig. 1). Three cross sections are presented along...HIMALAYA Extensive field-based research in central Nepal by Bordet et al. (1971), LeFort (1975), Pêcher (1989) |  | Brühwiler, Thomas, Goudemand, Nicolas, Galfetti, Thomas, Bucher, Hugo, Baud, Aymon, Ware, David, Hermann, Elke, Hochuli, Peter A., Martini, Rossanna (2009) The Lower Triassic sedimentary and carbon isotope records from Tulong (South Tibet) and their significance for Tethyan palaeoceanography. Sedimentary Geology, 222 (3) 314-332 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.10.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | al., 1998; Shen et al., 2006) and adjacent North Nepal (Bassoullet and Colchen, 1976; Garzanti et al.,...noticeable appearance of Neospathodus species. Numerous P1 elements of the Ns. dieneri group, including Ns....from micritic matrix to sparry calcite cement. Alternatively, sparry calcite cement could indicate increasing...von Rad et al. (1994) at Thini (Thakkhola area, Nepal), and later by Garzanti et al. (1998) at Tulong...was provided by Wang and He (1976) from the Mount Everest region. However, these authors did not publish |  | | Report (chapter) | | Main Central Thrust zone in the Marsyandi valley (Nepal) in the GHC was formed during the Holocene (c. 0...(Kashmir, India), the Paonta Thrust (Himachal Pradesh, India) in the Siwalik and the Tons Thrust (Garhwal...suggested that the MHT is c. 6 km deep in Siwalik, Nepal. In a collisional orogen, the hinterland to foreland...0–1.5 Ma old Chaura/Sarahan Thrust in Himachal Pradesh, India (Jain et al. 2000), no earthquake record...thrusting in the SH, LH and GHC, mainly in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Unless specified as normal or strike-slip |  | | Report (chapter) | | the tectonic evolution of the High Himalaya in Nepal: the art of the possible David John Waters DOI:...the tectonic evolution of the High Himalaya in Nepal: the art of the possible 2 Department of Earth...Abbreviated title: High Himalayan metamorphism, Nepal A N Abstract A CC EP T ED M This review...Himalayan Sequence (GHS) and adjacent units in Nepal, in the light of recent research. The importance...Sequence (GHS) and its upper and lower boundaries, in Nepal and adjacent parts of South Tibet (Fig. 1). Downloaded |  | | Journal (issue) | | MA there are other field trips including one to Mount julie.spencer@comcast.net Washington, a Maine to...BRIAN FOWLER IS APPOINTED THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY North Conway, NH—June 2,... 2015—The Board of Trustees of nonprofit Mount Washington Observatory announced the appointment of Brian...June 2015 – Issue No. 89 NEPAL EARTHQUAKE The April 25, 2015 M 7.8 Nepal earthquake occurred as the...com/2015/04/26/world/asia/nepal-earthquakekatmandu.html?_r=0 Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) More than |  | | Book | | subdivision of the Himalayan belt is valid for India and Nepal sectors. The Pakistan sector has difficulties in...Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi.) central Nepal (Fig. 1.2). The HHC sequence overlying MCT2 is named...grade metamorphism in the HHC zone of the Himachal Pradesh covering areas like Kullu, Manali, Rohtang, and...continuous from Pakistan in the west to Arunachal Pradesh with a gap in Bhutan. Active sedimentation in the...Formation, in Himachal Pradesh, Damtha or Jaunsar in Kumaon, Kuncha or Lower Nawakot in Nepal, etc. (Valdiya |
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