Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 608 g
Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 608 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-19889-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Another fascinating part of the evidence, shows that mountain uplift correlates very well with climatic change. Mountain building could have been responsible for the onset of the ice age. It certainly resulted in the creation of new environments. Fossil plants and animals are used in places to work out the time of mountain uplift, which in turn helps to explain biogeographical distributions.
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List of tables, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. Simple plateaus and erosional mountains, 3. Fault block mountains, 4. European mountains, 5. Western North America, 6. The Andes, 7. Asian mountains, 8. Mountains with gravity structures, 9. Volcanoes and granite mountains, 10. Mountains on passive margins, 11. Plains and planation surfaces, drainage and climate, 12. Problems of mountain tectonics, 13. Science and the origin of mountains, References, Index