Plate Tectonics Continental Drift and Mountain Building
This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography and shows why the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together. Furthermore, it explains why the Pacific is surrounded by a ring of volcanos...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics
- 2 Plate movements and their geometric relationships
- 3. Continental graben structures
- 4. Passive continental margins and abyssal plains
- 5. Mid-ocean ridges
- 6. Hot spots
- 7. Subduction zones, island arcs and active continental margins
- 8. Transform faults
- 9. Terranes
- 10. Early Precambrian plate tectonics
- 11. Plate tectonics and mountain building
- 12. Old orogens
- 13. Young orogens - the Earth's loftiest places