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Plate tectonics :

(Number (ISBN

3540765034

(Number (ISBN

3540765042

(Number (ISBN

9783540765035

(Number (ISBN

9783540765042

Erroneous ISBN

9783540765035

Number

b624200

Title Proper

Plate tectonics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

continental drift and mountain building /

First Statement of Responsibility

Wolfgang Frisch ; Martin Meschede ; Ronald Blakey.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Heidelberg :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer-Verlag,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) :

Other Physical Details

color illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics -- Plate movements and their geometric relationships -- Continental graben structures -- Passive continental margins and abyssal plains -- Mid-ocean ridges -- Hot spots -- Subduction zones, island arcs and active continental margins -- Transform faults -- Terranes -- Early Precambrian plate tectonics -- Plate tectonics and mountain building -- Old orogens -- Young orogens -- the Earth's loftiest places.

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Text of Note

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 for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Springer

Stock Number

978-3-540-76503-5

Title

Plate tectonics.

International Standard Book Number

9783540765035

Geology, Structural.

Plate tectonics.

Climat.

Environnement.

Geology, Structural.

Plate tectonics.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Frisch, Wolfgang,1943-

Blakey, Ronald C.,1945-

Meschede, Martin.

Date of Transaction

20201221083336.0

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pn

Electronic name

[Book]

270410

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