Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift and Mountain Building
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-662-50151-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

How are mountains formed? Why are there old and young mountains? Why do the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together? Why is the Pacific surrounded by a ring of volcanoes and earthquake prone areas while the edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful?

Frisch and Meschede and Blakey answer all these questions and more through the presentation and explanation of the geo-dynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have lead to the concept of plate tectonics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frisch, Wolfgang

Blakey, Ronald C.

Meschede, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 maragins,- 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.