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Inaugural LectureMaking Mountains - Causes and ConsequencesProf. Brenda Gourley, Professor Nigel HarrisThis event took place on 12th January 2005 at 2:00pm (14:00 GMT)
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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The Tibetan Plateau is a region about the size of western Europe elevated to an average height of 5 km above sea level and bounded to the south by the world's highest and youngest mountain range - the Himalaya. For over two hundred years Tibet has fascinated geographers and geologists alike for both strategic and scientific reasons. Understanding the geology of Tibet and the Himalaya has proved to be the key to deciphering the way in which the world's great mountain ranges are made. This lecture will trace the contributions of early explorers of the plateau to our present understanding of the uplift of Tibet. It will examine the impact of the theory of plate tectonics on unravelling the mechanisms of Tibetan uplift, and will high-light the current renaissance in scientific research in Tibet that is driven by a multi-disciplinary approach to Earth Sciences, linking the uplift history of the plateau to the intensity of the monsoon and to global climate.
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