Download or read book Colliding Continents written by M. P. Searle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gargantuan geological forces created the spectacular mountain ranges of the Himalaya and Karakoram. Mike Searle, one of the world's most experienced field geologists, tells the scientific story, illustrating it with his own photographs, and accounts of his mountaineering and research in the region.