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International Karakoram Project: Volume 1

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ISBN-10: 0521129745

ISBN-13: 9780521129749

Edition: 2010

Authors: K. J. Miller

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List price: $58.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/4/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 444
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Contents of Volume 2
Preface
Preface to Volume 1
Acknowledgements
Conference committees
List of authors/members of the project
Conversion units
Proceedings
Inauguration
Inaugural Address President
Address by Lord
Address of welcome Minister of Education
Some recent technological advances applied to problems in earth sciences
Glaciology
Recent variations of some glaciers in the Karakoram mountains
Some studies of the Batura glacier in the Karakoram mountains
Some observations on glacier surges with notes on the Roslin glacier, East Greenland
A surging advance of Balt Bare glacier, Karakoram mountains
The distribution of glaciers on the Qinghai-Xizang plateau and its relationship to atmospheric circulation
Techniques for the study of glacial fluctuations
Survey and analysis systems for the Vatnajökull ice-depth sounding expedition 1977
Electronic design and performance of an impulse radar ice-depth sounding system used on the Vatnajökull ice-cap, Iceland
Results of impulse radar ice-depth sounding on the Vatnajökull ice-cap, Iceland
The mechanics of fracture applied to ice
Fracture toughness of glacier ice
Survey
Indo-Asian convergence and the 1913 survey line connecting the Indian and Russian triangulation surveys
The Pakistan to Russia triangulation connexion: past and projected error analyses
Special techniques for surveying on moving terrain
Variations of the Batura glacier's surface from repeated surveys
Point-positioning by doppler satellite
Earthquakes
Tectonic studies in the Alpine Himalayan belt
Earthquake activity and tectonics of the Himalaya and its surrounding regions
Basement fault reactivation in young fold mountain belts
Housing and Natural Hazards
Experimental studies of the effect of earthquakes on small adobe and masonry buildings
Traditional housing in seismic areas
House types and structures in Chitral District
The vulnerability and reduction of damage risk in small houses subject to natural hazards
Settlements and buildings as the physical expression of a culture: a case study in Nigeria
The analysis of local building materials and building techniques
Geomorphology
Sedimentological analysis of glacial and proglacial debris: a framework for the study of Karakoram glaciers
High altitude rock weathering processes
Techniques for investigating meltwater runoff and erosion
The geomorphology of high magnitude - low frequency events in the Karakoram mountains
New perspectives on the Pleistocene and Holocene sequences of the Potwar plateau and adjacent areas of Northern Pakistan
The loess of Tajik SSR