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Mountain Building in the Western Himalayas

Synopsis
Evidence for two mountain-building processes: magmatism at continental margins and crustal thickening following continental collision, with the Karakorum geotraverse in the Himalayas as example. Discusses the consequences of earthquake activity associated with rapid uplift. Observes and discusses pillow lavas, magma chamber cumulates and crystalline basement, outcrop, folding, stretching lineation, shear belts, augengneiss, and thrust belt ranges in the foreland basin. Shows how a disastraous flash flood in 1842 was the result of movement on a thrust belt. Locates the fault zone that brought metamorphosed crust of the Indian continent onto recent fluvioglacial sediments - a consequence of the rapid uplift of the Nanga Parbat massif within the last 10 million years.
Series
Understanding the Continents, Course S339
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production
1990
Availability
Sale; 1999 sale £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects
Geology
Keywords
Himalayas; lithosphere; mountains; plate tectonics

Credits

Cast
Nigel Harris 
Robert Butler 

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web
http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 1908 274066
Address
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Notes
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