Plate Tectonics [electronic resource] : Continental Drift and Mountain Building / by Wolfgang Frisch, Martin Meschede, Ronald C. Blakey.
By: Frisch, Wolfgang [author.].
Contributor(s): Meschede, Martin [author.] | Blakey, Ronald C [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011Description: VIII, 212 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540765042.Subject(s): Geography | Geology | Geology, Structural | Planetology | Earth Sciences | Geology | Structural Geology | PlanetologyDDC classification: 551 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: 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 geodynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have led to the concept of plate tectonics.
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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 geodynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have led to the concept of plate tectonics.
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