The International Karakoram Project Volume 1

Author : Keith John Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521263395
Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: Volume 1 written by Keith John Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First of two volumes about the work of 70 scientists who visited the highest mountains in the world in 1980.

Author : K. J. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521263405
Total Pages : 684 pages
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Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: Volume 2 written by K. J. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, this volume and its companion relate to the work of a group of 70 scientists from Britain, China, Pakistan, Switzerland and the USA who visited the highest mountains in the world during the summer of 1980 to conduct a series of inter-related studies. Supported by the leading learned societies and professional institutions in Britain, China and Pakistan, and by government agencies in these countries, the International Karakoram Project was an expedition that fused several individual topics in the earth sciences into a unified and single study of the world's most chaotic, unstable landform. The whole project was promoted as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Geographical Society. Volume II concentrates on the results obtained by the scientists during the course of the project.

Author : K. J. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521263399
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: Volume 1 written by K. J. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, this volume and its companion relate to the work of a group of 70 scientists from Britain, China, Pakistan, Switzerland and the USA who visited the highest mountains in the world during the summer of 1980 to conduct a series of inter-related studies. Supported by the leading learned societies and professional institutions in Britain, China and Pakistan, and by government agencies in these countries, the International Karakoram Project was an expedition that fused several individual topics in the earth sciences into a unified and single study of the world's most chaotic, unstable landform. The whole project was promoted as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Geographical Society. This volume details many of the techniques, systems, instrumentation and methods of analysis used on the Project, whilst Volume 2 concentrates on the results obtained by the scientists during the course of the Project.

Author : Anup Saikia
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303047660X
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Environmental Change in South Asia written by Anup Saikia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies on South Asia are an emerging interdisciplinary field, this volume expands on the currently limited literature available on South Asia and focuses on the regions environmental, climatic and natural resource base by looking at case studies from Nepal, India and Bangladesh. The book contains twelve chapters which deal with various environmental challenges, such as the impacts of climate change on floods and droughts, population structure and regeneration dynamics of dominant treeline species, environmental changes and rural livelihoods, and change analysis and impacts of hard coastal structures. Apart from the various thematic areas and diversity of geographical coverage, most of the studies also demonstrate the application of geospatial techniques for the collection of environmental data, and the use of GIS for spatial analysis of the data. The specific application of geospatial techniques and methods includes NDVI, NDWI, NDBI, SMI, SPOT-VGT NDVI, environmental flow, distribution and trend estimation of tropospheric formaldehyde, vegetation sensitivity to climate change, variability of tropospheric ozone, and geo-environmental problems. The contributors are seasoned researchers currently engaged in academic and research activities, and work at universities in USA, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Japan.

Author : Kenneth Hewitt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400763115
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya written by Kenneth Hewitt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living downstream, in the valleys of the Indus and Yarkand Rivers, depend on melt waters from snow and ice. They are at risk from climate-change impacts on glaciers and water supply, and from hazards such as glacial lake outburst floods. Useful research initiatives go back to the nineteenth century, but coverage has generally been limited geographically and has not been continuous over time. It is almost 80 years since a monograph was devoted to the Karakoram glaciers. The book presents a comprehensive overview, including statistics for the ice cover, glacier mass balance and dynamics, glacierized landscapes, rock glaciers, water resources and environmental hazards. Published glaciological and related research is surveyed along with expedition reports and archival materials in several languages. The expanding potential of satellite coverage is exploited, but conditions and processes reported from field investigations are the main focus. Previously unpublished observations by the author are presented, based on some 45 years of work in the region. Broad understanding of the glacial environment is used to address emerging concerns about the High Asian cryosphere and the fate of its glaciers. These are discussed in relation to the pressing issues of water supply, environmental risk and sustainability. Questions of what is not known help identify much needed monitoring and research. The book is of interest to researchers, professionals, and those studying glaciers, mountain environments, water resources and environmental hazards. The topics discussed should be of concern for anyone involved in regional development and global change in South and Inner Asia.

Author : K. J. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521129763
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: Volume 2 written by K. J. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, this volume and its companion relate to the work of a group of 70 scientists from Britain, China, Pakistan, Switzerland and the USA who visited the highest mountains in the world during the summer of 1980 to conduct a series of inter-related studies. Supported by the leading learned societies and professional institutions in Britain, China and Pakistan, and by government agencies in these countries, the International Karakoram Project was an expedition that fused several individual topics in the earth sciences into a unified and single study of the world's most chaotic, unstable landform. The whole project was promoted as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Geographical Society. Volume II concentrates on the results obtained by the scientists during the course of the project.

Author : Gordon James Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book Bibliography on the Hydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram Region written by Gordon James Young and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : K. J. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521263405
Total Pages : 672 pages
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Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: written by K. J. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, this volume and its companion relate to the work of a group of 70 scientists from Britain, China, Pakistan, Switzerland and the USA who visited the highest mountains in the world during the summer of 1980 to conduct a series of inter-related studies. Supported by the leading learned societies and professional institutions in Britain, China and Pakistan, and by government agencies in these countries, the International Karakoram Project was an expedition that fused several individual topics in the earth sciences into a unified and single study of the world's most chaotic, unstable landform. The whole project was promoted as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Geographical Society. Volume II concentrates on the results obtained by the scientists during the course of the project.

Author : K. J. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521263405
Total Pages : 680 pages
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Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: Volume 2 written by K. J. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, this volume and its companion relate to the work of a group of 70 scientists from Britain, China, Pakistan, Switzerland and the USA who visited the highest mountains in the world during the summer of 1980 to conduct a series of inter-related studies. Supported by the leading learned societies and professional institutions in Britain, China and Pakistan, and by government agencies in these countries, the International Karakoram Project was an expedition that fused several individual topics in the earth sciences into a unified and single study of the world's most chaotic, unstable landform. The whole project was promoted as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Geographical Society. Volume II concentrates on the results obtained by the scientists during the course of the project.

Author : Roger Graham Barry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Workshop on Permafrost Data Rescue and Access written by Roger Graham Barry and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: