1st Edition
The Making of the Himalayas through the Lens of Ladakh Geology, Structure, and Landscapes Mantras of the Mountains
1. Tectonics and Geographic Setting of the Himalaya-Tibet Region. 2. Geological Framework and Terrane Collage of Himalaya-Tibet: its control on Asian River Drainage. 3. Regional Geology and Physical Geography of Ladakh. 4. Indian Plate Geology: A field geological laboratory insights approach to deep crustal processes and rock deformation. 5. Geology and Tectonics of the Kohistan-Ladakh Island-Arc-Terrane, and the southernmost Karakoram Terrane. 6. Ladakh Tectonic and Glacial dominated Landscapes. 7. Ladakhi Fluvial and Aeolian Erosion, Deposition, and Landscapes. 8. How mountains and tectonics shape Ladakhi people
Biography
Michael G. Petterson has been a full Professor at two universities (Leicester UK and AUT, Auckland, NZ) and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Ladakh, India, and Emeritus Professor at AUT, Auckland. He has been an Honorary Professor at the USP, Fiji Islands, and University of Leicester UK. For over twenty years Michael worked with the British Geological Survey ending his career there as a Director, and was also Director of the Geoscience Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, based in Fiji. Michael has published extensively in academic and popular media. Much of his career has been spent applying geoscience to development in all its forms, particularly in the less privileged world.
Lanka Nanayakkara has worked as an information scientist with international libraries, and enjoyed travelling throughout Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, living in Fiji and New Zealand. She has studied literature, philology, linguistics, temple art history, and has a Masters-degree in library & information science.
