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Kailas: geology of a sacred mountain
Author(s) -
WALTHAM TONY
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2451.1998.014002067.x
Subject(s) - geology , mount , orogeny , plateau (mathematics) , pyramid (geometry) , snow , archaeology , geomorphology , paleontology , physical geography , tectonics , geography , geometry , mathematical analysis , mathematics , computer science , operating system
Standing isolated on the barren Tibetan Plateau, the gleaming white snow‐clad pyramid of Mount Kailas is a remnant of massive conglomerates formed within the Himalayan orogeny. Reached by an approach walk through the Himalayas in western Nepal, the circuit of Kailas on the pilgrims' kora path offers some views of the impressively exposed geology.