The Anatomy of Mountain Ranges /

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

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...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
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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

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