Plate Tectonics: continental drift and mountain building
Frisch, Wolfgang
Plate Tectonics: continental drift and mountain building - New York: Springer, 2011 - viii, 212 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
This volume presents an introduction to the field of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's rigid outermost shell. The authors begin with an historical introduction concerning early ideas of continental drift and Earth dynamics that leads into discussion and consideration of plate motions and geometry. This is followed by several chapters that define, describe in detail, and illustrate the various features, processes, and settings that comprise the plate tectonic realm: graben structures, passive continental margins, ocean basins, mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, and transform faults. The remaining chapters deal with mountain-building processes as a consequence of plate tectonics and the collision of terranes and large continents. These chapters illuminate plate tectonic processes from the early history of the Earth to the present.-- Source other than Library of Congress
9783662501511
Continental drift Continents Dérive Geology
Plate tectonics
Structural Orogenèse
551.136 / FRI
Plate Tectonics: continental drift and mountain building - New York: Springer, 2011 - viii, 212 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
This volume presents an introduction to the field of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's rigid outermost shell. The authors begin with an historical introduction concerning early ideas of continental drift and Earth dynamics that leads into discussion and consideration of plate motions and geometry. This is followed by several chapters that define, describe in detail, and illustrate the various features, processes, and settings that comprise the plate tectonic realm: graben structures, passive continental margins, ocean basins, mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, and transform faults. The remaining chapters deal with mountain-building processes as a consequence of plate tectonics and the collision of terranes and large continents. These chapters illuminate plate tectonic processes from the early history of the Earth to the present.-- Source other than Library of Congress
9783662501511
Continental drift Continents Dérive Geology
Plate tectonics
Structural Orogenèse
551.136 / FRI