Prehistoric River Saraswati, Western India: Geological Appraisal and Social Aspects, Valdiya K. S.

Автор: Valdiya
Название: Prehistoric River Saraswati, Western India
ISBN: 3319442236 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319442235
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book portrays the Himalayan-born River Saraswati, a legendary river that was the lifeline of a progressive and vibrant society for more than three thousand years. Written in simple language and richly illustrated, it highlights the events that resulted in the robbing of the Saraswati of its water and the end of a wonderful culture. The author weaves a geological narrative out of a mass of data generated by explorers, archaeologists, sedimentologists, geohydrologist, seismologists and remote-sensing specialists. The story explains how a great Himalayan river disappeared and how the Harappan Civilization vanished from the banks of the river Saraswati more than three and half thousand years ago in the wake of tectonic upheavals in the foothills of the Himalaya at a time when the rainfall had drastically declined. And it reveals that nowadays the Saraswati is an extraordinary wide water-less channel coursing through the vast but dry floodplain in western India.

Автор: Martin Williams
Название: The Nile Basin: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology and Prehistoric Environments
ISBN: 110717919X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107179196
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book provides detailed reconstructions of past environmental changes in the Nile Basin and considers how prehistoric humans adapted or failed to adapt to these changes. It will greatly assist archaeologists, geographers and planners who need to understand how the Nile has responded to past climatic changes in its headwaters.