
Making of Europe
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The continent of Europe, as a recognisable geographic entity, attained roughly its present shape around 20 million years ago. Even since then, the European coastline has undergone significant changes, due mainly to sea-level movements, to form the outline of the continent that we are familiar with from maps and the photographs of Europe from space that we view today. Graham Park relates how Europe has been assembled through geological time by the accretion of various distinct geological components, some of which have travelled a considerable distance across the globe to reach their present positions. The Making of Europe is a book for all those curious about the origins, variety and geological history of the continent of Europe. Why are there such distinct regions and landscapes, ranging from the wide plains of Northern Europe to the mountains of the South? Although some previous knowledge of geology will be useful, important geological concepts are explained in the Introduction, technical terms are kept to a minimum and a comprehensive glossary is provided in addition to an index. Copiously illustrated in colour, this book will educate and inform all those who are interested in European geology.
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- Intro
- Title page
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Sourced illustrations
- Preface
- 1_Introduction
- 2_The construction of Baltica - 'Proto-Europe'
- 3_Lower Paleozoic growth of Proto-Europe
- 4_The Caledonian Orogeny
- 5_The expansion of Europe in the Upper Paleozoic
- 6_The Hercynian Orogenic Cycle
- 7_Europe in Mesozoic to Mid-Cenozoic time
- 8_The Alpine Orogeny
- 9_Neogene to Quaternary Europe
- Glossary
- Appendix
- Selected further reading
- Index
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