000			01537 a2200169 4500
020			_a9783662501511
082			_a551.136 _bFRI
100			_aFrisch, Wolfgang
245			_aPlate Tectonics: continental drift and mountain building
260			_aNew York: _bSpringer, _c2011
300			_a viii, 212 pages, _b2 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; _e29 cm
520			_aThis 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
650			_a Continental drift Continents Dérive Geology _aPlate tectonics _aStructural Orogenèse
700			_aMartin Meschede
700			_aRonald C. Blakey
942			_cBK _01
999			_c2806 _d2806