The Origin of Mountains
Published on 2. August 2004
364 pages
978-1-134-63878-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Origins of Mountains approaches mountains from facts about mountain landscapes rather than theory. The book illustrates that almost everywhere, mountains arose by vertical uplift of a former plain, and by a mixture of cracking and warping by earth movements, and erosion by rivers and glaciers, the present mountainous landscapes were created. It also gives evidence that this uplift only occured in the last few million years, a time scale which does not fit the plate tectonics theory.
Another fascinating part of the evidence, shows that mountain uplift correlates very well with climatic change. Mountain building could have been responsible for the onset of the ice age. It certainly resulted in the creation of new environments. Fossil plants and animals are used in places to work out the time of mountain uplift, which in turn helps to explain biogeographical distributions.
Another fascinating part of the evidence, shows that mountain uplift correlates very well with climatic change. Mountain building could have been responsible for the onset of the ice age. It certainly resulted in the creation of new environments. Fossil plants and animals are used in places to work out the time of mountain uplift, which in turn helps to explain biogeographical distributions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
3 Tables, black and white
File size
42,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-63878-9 (9781134638789)
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Cliff Ollier | Colin Pain
The Origin of Mountains
Book
08/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€207.20
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Cliff Ollier | Colin Pain
The Origin of Mountains
Book
08/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€106.79
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Persons
Cliff Ollier is a Visiting Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University and also Emeritus Professor, University of New England. Colin Pain is Assistant Director, Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploitation, Australian Geological Survey Organisation.
Content
List of tables, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. Simple plateaus and erosional mountains, 3. Fault block mountains, 4. European mountains, 5. Western North America, 6. The Andes, 7. Asian mountains, 8. Mountains with gravity structures, 9. Volcanoes and granite mountains, 10. Mountains on passive margins, 11. Plains and planation surfaces, drainage and climate, 12. Problems of mountain tectonics, 13. Science and the origin of mountains, References, Index
