Jan Kalvoda Livres

Research into the development of mountain reliefs in the Asian regions with evidence of active orogeny aims to gain knowledge of the geodynamically critical zones of the Earth's lithosphere as well as the physical properties and behaviour of near-surface parts of rock massifs. This present investigation in the Himalaya and Karakoram consists of the identification of the geomorphological record of the Late Cenozoic orogenic processes and the expression of their principles. Detailed regional geomorphological and Quaternary geological studies of selected areas as well as a general synthesis are provided. Coloured photographs are included. This book is suitable for specialists in the fields of geomorphology, physical geology, glaciology, geodynamics, geology, geophysics and readers interested in the High Asian mountain ranges.

Research into the dynamics of landform evolution in the East Nepal Himalaya is intended to provide knowledge of the long-term integrity of climate-driven morphogenetic and tectonic processes as an essential phenomenon of active collisional orogeny. Landform patterns of the Makalu Barun area in the Himalaya are the result of orogenetic processes, as well as the denudation and erosional efficiency under very variable palaeoclimatic conditions during the late Cenozoic. The observed landform changes in the region between the Chomolongma and Makalu Massifs and the Sapt Kosi lowland on a decadal scale indicate the high intensity of morphogenetic processes, especially very effective erosion and transport of weathered material by a combination of diverse exogenic factors, integrated with active orogenetic processes.

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