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International Karakoram Project: Volume 2

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ISBN-10: 0521129761

ISBN-13: 9780521129763

Edition: 2010

Authors: K. J. Miller

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List price: $78.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/4/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 664
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

Contents to volume I
Preface
Preface to volume II
Acknowledgements
Inauguration
Opening remarks by the President of the Royal Geographical Society
The International Karakoram Project: an appraisal
Karakoram history: early exploration
Mountaineering in the Karakoram in the late 1970s
A note on Rakaposhi 7788m
A science of mountains
Geology
The geographical and geological domains of the Karakoram
Geology of the south-central Karakoram and Kohistan
Glaciology
Ice depth echo-sounding techniques employed on the Hispar and Ghulkin glaciers
Impulse radar ice-depth sounding on the Hispar glacier
Impulse radar ice-depth sounding of the Ghulkin glacier
Survey
The survey work of the International Karakoram Project, 1980
The calculation of crustal displacement and strain from classical survey measurements
Earthquakes
A microearthquake survey in the Karakoram
Source studies of the Hamran, Drael and Patan earthquakes in Kohistan, Pakistan
Stress field and plate motion in the Karakoram and surrounding regions
Housing and Natural Hazards
A critical review of the work method and findings of the Housing and Natural Hazards Group
The construction and vulnerability to earthquakes of some building types in the northern areas of Pakistan
Yasin valley: the analysis of geomorphology and building types
The socio-economic cost of planning for hazards: an analysis of Barkulti village, Yasin, northern Pakistan
Barkulti in the Yasin valley: a study of traditional settlement form as a response to environmental hazard
Analysis of recovery and reconstruction following the 1974 Patan earthquake
The vulnerability to fire risk of some building types and traditional settlements with reference to the fire which destroyed Gayal-Kot in July 1981
Medical aspects of the IKP D. Giles
Geomorphology
The geomorphology of the Hunza valley, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan
Recent fluctuations in some glaciers of the western Karakoram mountains, Hunza, Pakistan
Quaternary glacial hisotry of the Hunza valley, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan
Glacial and paraglacial sediments of the Hunza valley, north west Karakoram, Pakistan: a preliminary analysis
Particle size distribution on the debris slopes of the Hunza valley
Sediment load of the Hunza river
A preliminary study of ancient trees in the Hunza valley and their dendroclimatic potential
Salt efflorescences and salt weathering in the Hunza valley, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan
Rock temperature observations and chemical weathering in the Hunza region, Karakoram: preliminary data
Karakoram research cell
The Karakoram research cell