The International Karakoram Project: Volume 1

First of two volumes about the work of 70 scientists who visited the highest mountains in the world in 1980.

K. J. Miller (Edited by)

9780521129749, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 February 2010

444 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2.3 cm, 0.7 kg

First published in 1984, this volume and its companion relate to the work of a group of 70 scientists from Britain, China, Pakistan, Switzerland and the USA who visited the highest mountains in the world during the summer of 1980 to conduct a series of inter-related studies. Supported by the leading learned societies and professional institutions in Britain, China and Pakistan, and by government agencies in these countries, the International Karakoram Project was an expedition that fused several individual topics in the earth sciences into a unified and single study of the world's most chaotic, unstable landform. The whole project was promoted as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Geographical Society. This volume details many of the techniques, systems, instrumentation and methods of analysis used on the Project, whilst Volume 2 concentrates on the results obtained by the scientists during the course of the Project.

Contents of Volume 2
Preface
Preface to Volume 1
Acknowledgements
Conference committees
List of authors/members of the project
Conversion units
Proceedings: Part I. Inauguration: 1. Inaugural Address President Zia-ul-Haq
2. Address by Lord Shackleton K. G.
3. Address of welcome Minister of Education. Mr Muhammad Ali Khan
4. Some recent technological advances applied to problems in earth sciences K. J. Miller
Part II. Glaciology: 5. Recent variations of some glaciers in the Karakoram mountains Zhang Xiangsong
6. Some studies of the Batura glacier in the Karakoram mountains Shi Yafeng and Zhang Xiangsong
7. Some observations on glacier surges with notes on the Roslin glacier, East Greenland A. J. Colvill
8. A surging advance of Balt Bare glacier, Karakoram mountains Wang Wenying, Huang Maohuan and Chen Jianming
9. The distribution of glaciers on the Qinghai–Xizang plateau and its relationship to atmospheric circulation Li Jijun and Xu Shuying
10. Techniques for the study of glacial fluctuations F. A. Perrott and A. S. Goudie
11. Survey and analysis systems for the Vatnajökull ice-depth sounding expedition 1977 J. F. Bishop and K. J. Miller
12. Electronic design and performance of an impulse radar ice-depth sounding system used on the Vatnajökull ice-cap, Iceland A. D. G. Cumming, R. L. Ferrari and G. Owen
13. Results of impulse radar ice-depth sounding on the Vatnajökull ice-cap, Iceland J. F. Bishop, A. D. G. Cumming, R. L. Ferrari and K. J. Miller
14. The mechanics of fracture applied to ice K. J. Miller
15. Fracture toughness of glacier ice R. M. Andrews, A. R. McGregor and K. J. Miller
Part III. Survey: 16. Indo-Asian convergence and the 1913 survey line connecting the Indian and Russian triangulation surveys R. Bilham and D. Simpson
17. The Pakistan to Russia triangulation connexion: past and projected error analyses T. O. Crompton
18. Special techniques for surveying on moving terrain J. L. W. Walton
19. Variations of the Batura glacier's surface from repeated surveys Chen Jianming
20. Point-positioning by doppler satellite J. P. Allen
Part IV. Earthquakes: 21. Tectonic studies in the Alpine Himalayan belt G. King and J. Jackson
22. Earthquake activity and tectonics of the Himalaya and its surrounding regions Teng Ji Wen and Lin Ban Zuo
23. Basement fault reactivation in young fold mountain belts J. A. Jackson
Part V. Housing and Natural Hazards: 24. Experimental studies of the effect of earthquakes on small adobe and masonry buildings D. F. T. Nash and R. J. Spence
25. Traditional housing in seismic areas R. J. Spence and A. W. Coburn
26. House types and structures in Chitral District Israr-ud-Din
27. The vulnerability and reduction of damage risk in small houses subject to natural hazards I. Davis
28. Settlements and buildings as the physical expression of a culture: a case study in Nigeria J. C. Moughtin
29. The analysis of local building materials and building techniques R. E. Hughes
Part VI. Geomorphology: 30. Sedimentological analysis of glacial and proglacial debris: a framework for the study of Karakoram glaciers E. Derbyshire
31. High altitude rock weathering processes W. B. Whalley
32. Techniques for investigating meltwater runoff and erosion R. I. Ferguson, D. N. Collins and W. B. Whalley
33. The geomorphology of high magnitude - low frequency events in the Karakoram mountains D. Brunsden and D. K. C. Jones
34. New perspectives on the Pleistocene and Holocene sequences of the Potwar plateau and adjacent areas of Northern Pakistan H. M. Rendell
35. The loess of Tajik SSR A. S. Goudie, H. M. Rendell and P. A. Bull.

Subject Areas: Historical geology [RBGF]