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The first of its kind to be applicable to the Indian environment, this comprehensive reference work uses the backdrop of geology to weave together components of earth process mechanisms, ecological systems, usage of earth resources such as land, soil, water and minerals and accelerated activities of people looking for facilities and engineering techniques to contain adverse consequences on the biosphere. Multidisciplinary in coverage and holistic in approach, the ...
Written by a geologist who read the texts of the Puranas and the Epics in conjunction with a mass of studies on geological history of the larger Indian continent and his own extensive field work in different parts of the country, this illustrated book endeavours to demonstrate that the narratives by scholarly sages embodied in these ancient Sanskrit works do not represent figments of poetic imagination, but provide - if shorn of metaphors, idiomatic phrases and ...
Encompassing a broad array of information related to structure and tectonics, stratigraphy and palaeontology, sedimentation and palaeogeography, petrology and geochemistry, geomorphology and geophysics, the book The Making of India presents, in a concise format, a simplified and coherent history of geological dynamical history of the Indian continent (including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Southern Tibet and Pakistan). It is an account of the geodynamic ...
Himalaya is an impressive, would-class mega-landfrom, which has attracted the attention of scientists and environmentalists alike. The need for an up-to-date, albeit uncomplicated and simplified account of the geology, geological processes and evolutionary history of the Himalaya mountains has been felt for a long time. Valdiya has filled this gap. In this book he has beautifully presented an excellent summary of the findings of innumerable international and ...
This book is about the river Saraswati that vanished more than 2000 years ago. Written in simple language shorn of technical jargon, it explores the existence of a mighty, snow-fed river, traces its course from the foothills of the Himalayas to the shores of the Arabian Sea. It also outlines the history of human settlements along this river from the beginning of the stone age through the glorious period of the Harappan Civilization, to the commencement of the ...
This book on the applied aspects of environmental geology encapsulates a geologist’s concern that people are selling their future to finance their present. Geology, Environment and Society explores subjects of ecosystem structure; soil and mineral resources and their conservation; hydrogeology and water resources management; terrain evaluation and land0use planning; engineering geology and the application of technology; understanding earth processes and natural ...
Coping with Natural Hazards: Indian Context embodies a collection of scientific papers, each by an eminent and acknowledged authority, on various natural hazards that have been causing disasters and distresses with increasing severity. These papers were presented and discussed at a national symposium in October 2001 organised at Pune by the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad. In addition to describing causes and effects of various disastrous natural disaster ...