The volume consists of modern researches on the Himalayan Mountain Geology by eminent and active geoscientists of India and abroad. The formation of the Himalaya is a result of collision tectonics and the rock-material from the deep interior was exhumed for about 40 km and was horizontally transported for about 200 km along the Main Central Thrust. Historically the development of Himalayan geoglogy was adversely affected due to world War I and II but notable contributions were made when India became independent. Two layers of Siwalik sediments underlie the alluvium: the upper Siwalik-1000m and lower Siwalik 4000m.
About Author :
Dr. P.S. Saklani (b. 28.8.1941) is a Professor of Geology at the University of Delhi for the last three decades, Formerly he was the Vice Chancellor of HNB Garhwal University, Uttaranchal from 1999 to 2001 and the Chairman of the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, Goct. of India from 1994-1998. He ws elected as President of Earth System Sciences of the 85th Session of the Indian Science Congress in 1997-98. Prof. Saklani has been a recipient of several awards (e.g. Consulting Editor of American Biographical Institute, Releigh, U.S.A; 21st Century Award; U.P. Ratna Award etc. ) He has authored four origianl books and published 56 research papers on Himalayan Geology. He has guided 11 students for Ph.D. and 11 students for M.Phil. degrees.
Contents :
The Formation of the Himalaya
Himalayan Geology: A Historical Perspective
Magnetotelluric Studies in Northwestern Himalaya
Sedimentology of the Palaeogene Succession in Jammy Region, Jammu and Kashmir State, NW Himalaya
Biotite from Neoproterozoic Grants Gnesis Cambro-Ordovician Granitoid and Neogene Leucogranite of Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh
Relation Between Mineralogical and Physical Properties of Coarse and fine Aggregates and Influence of Textual, Chemical and Dimensional Difference on Strength of Mortar and Concrete, Manali (H.P.)
Structure and Tectonics of the Yamuna Mylonite Zone, District Uttarkashi, Uttaranchal
Geological and Morphotectonic Studies Using Satellite Images of a Part of Tehri-Uttarkashi District, Lesser Garhwal, Uttranchal
Tectonic Geology of the Main Central Thrust, Garhwal, Uttrachal
Tectonic Evolution of The Almora Nappe Along the Chhara-Someshwar Transect, Kumaun Himalaya
Pop-Up Klippen in the Mussoorie Syncline, Lesser Himalaya, Evidence from Field and Model Deformation Studies
Development of the Thrusts in Garhwal Himalaya
Metamorphic and Deformation Histroy of the Central Crystallines of the Upper Alaknanda Valley, Garhwal Himalaya and its bearing on iverted Metamorphism
Structural and Metamorphic Studies of Rocks associated with the Chail Unit and Main Central Thrust Zone of the Garhwal Himalaya
A Contribution to Metamorphic History of an Area of Chamoli Garhwal
Neoteeeectonic and Morphotectonic Evolution of a Part of orth Easter Kumaun Himalaya
Seismotectonic Studies in Manipur and Adjoinig Areas
Strike-Slip Related Structural Patterns and orogenic Geokinematics of the Mediterranean-Central Asian Orogenic Belt