Book contents
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Frontispiece
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Migratory Routes and Movement Ecology
- Part II Physiography of the Highest Barrier on Earth
- 9 Geological Origin and Evolution of the Himalayas
- 10 Late Quaternary Glacier Fluctuations in the Himalayas and Adjacent Mountains
- 11 The Influence of Hydrology and Glaciology on Wetlands in the Himalayas
- 12 The Himalayan Vegetation along Horizontal and Vertical Gradients
- 13 Assessing the Evidence for Changes in Vegetation Phenology in High-Altitude Wetlands of Ladakh (2002–2015)
- Part III High-Altitude Migration Strategies
- Part IV People and Their Effects on the Himalayas
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix: Selected Articles of the ‘Central Asian Flyway Action Plan’
- Gazetteer
- Index
- Plate section
- References
9 - Geological Origin and Evolution of the Himalayas
from Part II - Physiography of the Highest Barrier on Earth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2017
Book contents
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Frontispiece
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Migratory Routes and Movement Ecology
- Part II Physiography of the Highest Barrier on Earth
- 9 Geological Origin and Evolution of the Himalayas
- 10 Late Quaternary Glacier Fluctuations in the Himalayas and Adjacent Mountains
- 11 The Influence of Hydrology and Glaciology on Wetlands in the Himalayas
- 12 The Himalayan Vegetation along Horizontal and Vertical Gradients
- 13 Assessing the Evidence for Changes in Vegetation Phenology in High-Altitude Wetlands of Ladakh (2002–2015)
- Part III High-Altitude Migration Strategies
- Part IV People and Their Effects on the Himalayas
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix: Selected Articles of the ‘Central Asian Flyway Action Plan’
- Gazetteer
- Index
- Plate section
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Bird Migration across the HimalayasWetland Functioning amidst Mountains and Glaciers, pp. 145 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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