The Geology of Burma - Zomi Online Library

Bibliography of Burman Earth Science
People Interviewed; Non-ESCAP Team Members; Background Reports
of Countries Visited; Project Documentations; Basis of Personnel and
Resources Calculations for IWT Study Centre Alternatives. Notes:
Distribution Statement: Approved for public release. OCLC:
ADA159725.
Army Natick Labs Ma Earth Sciences Lab; Dalrymple, Paul C. Everett,
Kaye R. Wollaston, Sarah; Hastings, Jr, Andrew D. and Robison,
William C. 1970. “Environment of the Central Asian Highlands.” DEC.
Descriptors: Climatology; Geography; Plants(Botany); Wind;
Atmospheric Temperature; Mountains; Trees; Asia; Glaciers; Water
Supplies; Forestry; Army Operations; Maps; Solar Radiation;
Barometric Pressure. Abstract: The report presents a survey of
environmental conditions - physiography, vegetation, and climate -
which might affect military personnel and equipment above the 2,000meter
elevation in Central Asia. These highlands include some of the
world's highest and most inacessible mountain ranges, such as the
Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir, Hindu Kush, Kun Lun Shan, Anme
Machin, Tien Shan, Nan Shan, and Great Snowy Range, as well as the
high plateaus of Tibet and the generally lower mountains of Mongolia.
The study treats portions of Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, China
(including all of occupied Tibet), India, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan,
Sikkim, and the Soviet Union. It is organized in two parts: a general
synopsis of environmental characteristics of the area as a whole, and a
series of more detailed treatments by sections. For the latter, Central
Asia is subdivided into five sections comprising the Sino-Burmese
Ranges, Tibetan Plateau and associated ranges, Pamir Knot and
associated ranges, Tiem Shan and associated ranges, and the
Mongolian Highlands. All of these except the Mongolian Highlands are
shown in topographic and cultural maps at a scale of approximately
1:3,800,000. The distribution of terrain, vegetation, and climatic
elements over the area as a whole is shown in a series of smaller-scale
maps at 1:10,000,000. Notes: Distribution Statement: Approved for
public release. Database: DTIC. DTIC Accession Number: AD0728460.
URL: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/AD728460.
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