Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 887 g
Reihe: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Continental Drift and Mountain Building
Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 887 g
Reihe: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
ISBN: 978-3-030-88998-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
This thoroughly revised textbook edition addresses all these questions and more through the presentation and explanation of the geodynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have led to the concept of plate tectonics.
It is a source of information for students of geology, geophysics, geography, geosciences in general, general natural sciences, as well as professionals, and interested layman.
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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.