Elaeagnus umbellata: A miraculous shrub with potent health-promoting benefits from Northwest Himalaya by Mujtaba Aamir Bhat, Awdhesh Kumar Mishra, Mohammad Azhar Kamal, Safikur Rahman, Arif Tasleem Jan

“…(Deciduous shrub found in dappled shade, and sunny hedge) exhibits high medicinal value, with a widespread distribution across the Pir Panjal region of the Himalayas. Fruits serve as an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, and other essential compounds that exhibits hypolipidemic, hepatoprotective, and nephroprotective effects. …”
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Calcareous algae from the Ordovician succession (Thango Formation) of the Spiti Basin, Tethys Himalaya, India by SHIVANI PANDEY, SURAJ K. PARCHA

“…The calcareous algae Dasyporella silurica, Moniliporella multipora and Vermiporella fragilis are reported for the first time from the Middle Ordovician (Dapingian to Darriwilian) Thango Formation of the Spiti Basin of northern India (Pin Valley, Tethys Himalaya). Moniliporella multipora is reported for the first time from the entire Spiti Basin. …”
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The Influence of Geographical Factors on Polyploidy in Angiosperms with Cartographic Evidence from the Northwestern Himalayas: A Review by Anupreet Singh Tiwana, Siva PrathapThummalakunta, Saurabh Gupta, Vijay Singh and Ramesh Chand Kataria

“…The review covers different effects of geographical factors, like spatial isolation, altitude, and local climate on polyploidy, and the behavior of polyploid(s) in abiotic factors, such as temperature and light with a few examples of northwest Himalayas. The paper concludes that polyploid plants behave differently in environmental conditions, as polyploids are more prominent in higher altitudes, colder environments, and nutrient-rich soil than diploid progenitors, but have a mixed distribution in different geographical conditions. …”
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The causes and mechanisms of moraine-dammed lake failures in the Cordillera Blanca, North American Cordillera, and Himalayas by Adam Emmer, Alejo Cochachin

“…In the North American Cordillera and Himalayas moraine dam failures occur exclusively during the summer season while in the Cordillera Blanca they are more evenly distributed with the exception of the dry season. …”
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Historical trends of heavy metal contamination and eutrophication in an aquatic system from Kashmir Himalaya, India by Wani Muneer, Diptimayee Behera, Aljasil, Yadav Ankit, Ambili Anoop, Praveen K. Mishra, Arshid Jehangir

“…In this study, we present analyses of heavy metals (iron, manganese, copper, zinc, cobalt, nickel, and lead) in 210Pb/137Cs dated sediment cores from Ahansar lake (Kashmir Himalaya, India) covering a time span of the last 200 years. …”
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Simulation and Assessment of Future Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Poiqu River Basin, Central Himalayas by Taigang Zhang, Weicai Wang, Tanguang Gao, Baosheng An

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Information, credit and market access by upland tribals in north-eastern Himalaya of India: An empirical study by D K PANDEY, H K DE, B R PHUKAN, T S MEHRA, B P MISHRA, T M CHANU, KRISHNA S TOMAR

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Geochronological results from the Zhela Formation volcanics of the Tethyan Himalaya and their implications for the breakup of eastern Gondwana by Jiacheng Liang, Weiwei Bian, Xianwei Jiao, Wenxiao Peng, Jiahui Ma, Suo Wang, Yiming Ma, Shihong Zhang, Huaichun Wu, Haiyan Li, Yuruo Shi, Tianshui Yang

“…The new Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb dating of 139.9 ± 4.6 Ma, as well as previous ages from the Zhela Formation volcanic rocks in the Tethyan Himalaya, show that the studied Zhela Formation volcanic rocks formed during the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, rather than the Middle Jurassic. …”
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Estimation of snowfall limit for the Kashmir Valley, Indian Himalayas, with TRMM PR Bright Band information by S. Schauwecker, M. Rohrer, M. Schwarb, C. Huggel, A.P. Dimri, N. Salzmann

“…However, knowledge on heights of the phase change during precipitation events is limited by the small number of meteorological measurements available at high altitudes, such as the Himalayas. The bright band (BB) of satellite based radar data may be a promising proxy for the snow/rain transition during particular stratiform precipitation events over high mountain regions. …”
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Ecological status and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary of Garhwal Himalaya, India by Bhat Jahangeer A, Kumar Munesh, Bussmann Rainer W

“…</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The present study documented the traditional uses of medicinal plants, their ecological status and importance of these plants in the largest protected area of Garhwal Himalaya. This study can serve as baseline information on medicinal plants and could be helpful to further strengthen the conservation of this important resource.…”
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Paleo-glacial reconstruction of the Thajwas glacier in the Kashmir Himalaya using 10Be cosmogenic radionuclide dating by Omar Jaan Paul, Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, Reyaz Ahmad Dar, Pankaj Kumar, Soumya Prakash Dhal, Sundeep Chopra

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The use of detrital mineral thermochronology to explore relationships among climate, erosion, and tectonics in the Nepal Himalaya by Ruhl, Katharine W

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Discussion on subsidence history of the north Indian continental margin, Zanskar-Ladakh Himalaya, NW India by Garzanti, E, Sciunnach, D, Gaetani, M, Corfield, R, Watts, A, Searle, M

Two episodes of monazite crystallization during metamorphism and crustal melting in the Everest region of the Nepalese Himalaya by Simpson, R, Parrish, R, Searle, M, Waters, D

Restoration of the Western Himalaya: implications for metamorphic protoliths, thrust and normal faulting, and channel flow models by Searle, M, Stephenson, B, Walker, J, Walker, C

The structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif, High Himalaya of Nepal - South Tibet

“…We combine field relations, structural geology, petrology, thermobarometry and geochronology to interpret the tectonic evolution of the Everest Himalaya. Lithospheric convergence of India and Asia since collision at c. 50 Ma. resulted in horizontal shortening, crustal thickening and regional metamorphism in the Himalaya and beneath southern Tibet. …”

Shisha Pangma leucogranite, south Tibetan Himalaya: Field relations, geochemistry, age, origin, and emplacement by Searle, M, Parrish, R, Hodges, K, Hurford, A, Ayres, M, Whitehouse, M

“…If high erosion and exhumation rates correlate with high topography (and high precipitation) these data suggest that the Himalaya reached their maximum topographic elevation around 17 Ma.…”

Fault weakening across the frictional-viscous transition zone, Karakoram Fault Zone, NW Himalaya by Wallis, D, Phillips, R, Lloyd, G

Pastoralism in the high Himalayas: understanding changing practices and their implications for parasite transmission between livestock and wildlife by Khanyari, M, Robinson, S, Milner-Gulland, EJ, Morgan, ER, Singh Rana, R, Suryawanshi, KR

“…We worked with two pastoral communities in the Western Indian Himalayas: the migratory Kinnauras that travel to the Trans-Himalayan Pin valley in summer and the resident herders of Pin Valley. …”

The structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif, High Himalaya of Nepal-South Tibet

“…We combine field relations, structural geology, petrology, thermobarometry and geochronology to interpret the tectonic evolution of the Everest Himalaya. Lithospheric convergence of India and Asia since collision at c. 50 Ma. resulted in horizontal shortening, crustal thickening and regional metamorphism in the Himalaya and beneath southern Tibet. …”