The Anatomy of Mountain Ranges / / ed. by John Rodgers, Jean-Paul Schaer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Baud, A.,; Berthelsen, Asger,; Caby, R.,; Frank, W.,; Honegger, K.,; Julivert, M.,; Laubscher, H. P.,; Meier, B.,; Milnes, A. G.,; Mogard, François,; Rodgers, John,; Schaer, Jean-Paul,; Schwander, M.,; Suppe, John,; Trommsdorff, V.,; Wlndley, Brian F.,
• HerausgeberIn: Rodgers, John,; Schaer, Jean-Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Series in Geology and Paleontology ; 788
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)

Focusing on mountain ranges that are relatively unfamiliar to most geologists, this work expands our view of tectonics beyond a standardized textbook approach and illustrates both the extraordinary variety of mountain ranges over the world through time and many of the basic similarities they display.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I. General -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Comparative Anatomy in Geology -- Chapter 2. Differences between Mountain Ranges -- Chapter 3. Tectonic Framework of Precambrian Belts -- Part II. Europe -- Chapter 4. A Tectonic Model for the Crustal Evolution of the Baltic Shield -- Chapter 5. The Lower Allochthon in Southern Norway: An Exhumed Analog of the Southern Appalachians Deep Detachment? -- Chapter 6. The Structure and Evolution of the Hercynian Fold Belt in the Iberian Peninsula -- Part III. Africa -- Chapter 7. Evolution and Structure of the High Atlas of Morocco -- Chapter 8. The Pan-African Belt of West Africa from the Sahara Desert to the Gulf of Benin -- Part IV. South America -- Chapter 9 Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Andes, Tierra del Fuego: A Summary -- Chapter 10. Structure and Evolution of the Peruvian Andes -- Chapter 11. The Kinematic Puzzle of the Neogene Northern Andes -- Chapter 12. The Tectonics of Táchira: A Sample of North Andean Tectonics -- Part V. North America -- Chapter 13. The Appalachian Geosyncline -- Part VI. Asia -- Chapter 14. Comparative Studies on Profiles across the Northwest Himalayas -- Chapter 15. The Active Taiwan Mountain Belt -- INDEX -- Backmatter