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Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift and Mountain Building
Buch von Wolfgang Frisch (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography and shows why the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together. Furthermore, it explains why the Pacific is surrounded by a ring of volcanos and earthquake-prone areas while the edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful.
This thoroughly revised textbook edition addresses 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.

It is a source of information for students of geology, geophysics, geography, geosciences in general, general natural sciences, as well as professionals, and interested layman.
This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography and shows why the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together. Furthermore, it explains why the Pacific is surrounded by a ring of volcanos and earthquake-prone areas while the edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful.
This thoroughly revised textbook edition addresses 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.

It is a source of information for students of geology, geophysics, geography, geosciences in general, general natural sciences, as well as professionals, and interested layman.
Über den Autor

Wolfgang Frisch was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1943. He studied in Vienna and worked at the Mining University of Leoben (Austria), the University of Vienna, and the Technical University of Munich (Germany), before he was appointed to Tübingen (Germany) University where he held the Chair in Geology until his retirement in 2009. His research interests include structural geology and geodynamics, the genesis of mineral deposits, and the petrology of magmatic rocks. His working areas include the Alps, southeastern Europe, the Himalayas and Tibet, Arabia and Egypt, as well as Greenland, middle America, and Africa.

Martin Meschede, born in 1957 is Professor of Regional and Structural Geology at the University Greifswald, Germany. He received his Diploma in Geology from the University Hannover, Germany, and his Ph.D. from the University of Tübingen (Germany). His research interests include geodynamics, structural geology, paleogeography reconstructions, particularly in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific region; marine geology as well as neotectonic and glacial processes in the Baltic Sea area.

Roland Blakey is Professor Emeritus of Geology at Northern Arizona University (US) following over 34 years of teaching courses in Historical Geology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Field Geology, and Tectonics. Most of his scholarly publications concern the sedimentary rocks and geologic history of the American Southwest. He is involved in the reconstruction of paleogeography maps that document past Earth history.

Zusammenfassung

Contains about 200 colored figures visualizing the complex geodynamic processes

Emphasizes special topics which may be read independently

Provides a glossary with important terms

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics.- 2 Plate movements and their geometric relationships.- 3. Continental graben structures.- 4. Passive continental margins and abyssal plains.- 5. Mid-ocean ridges.- 6. Hot spots.- 7. Subduction zones, island arcs and active continental margins.- 8. Transform faults.- 9. Terranes.- 10. Early Precambrian plate tectonics.- 11. Plate tectonics and mountain building.- 12. Old orogens.- 13. Young orogens - the Earth's loftiest places.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Inhalt: x
245 S.
1 s/w Illustr.
194 farbige Illustr.
245 p. 195 illus.
194 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030889982
ISBN-10: 303088998X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Frisch, Wolfgang
Blakey, Ronald C.
Meschede, Martin
Auflage: 2nd ed. 2022
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Maße: 285 x 215 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Wolfgang Frisch (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.11.2022
Gewicht: 0,887 kg
Artikel-ID: 120529700
Über den Autor

Wolfgang Frisch was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1943. He studied in Vienna and worked at the Mining University of Leoben (Austria), the University of Vienna, and the Technical University of Munich (Germany), before he was appointed to Tübingen (Germany) University where he held the Chair in Geology until his retirement in 2009. His research interests include structural geology and geodynamics, the genesis of mineral deposits, and the petrology of magmatic rocks. His working areas include the Alps, southeastern Europe, the Himalayas and Tibet, Arabia and Egypt, as well as Greenland, middle America, and Africa.

Martin Meschede, born in 1957 is Professor of Regional and Structural Geology at the University Greifswald, Germany. He received his Diploma in Geology from the University Hannover, Germany, and his Ph.D. from the University of Tübingen (Germany). His research interests include geodynamics, structural geology, paleogeography reconstructions, particularly in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific region; marine geology as well as neotectonic and glacial processes in the Baltic Sea area.

Roland Blakey is Professor Emeritus of Geology at Northern Arizona University (US) following over 34 years of teaching courses in Historical Geology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Field Geology, and Tectonics. Most of his scholarly publications concern the sedimentary rocks and geologic history of the American Southwest. He is involved in the reconstruction of paleogeography maps that document past Earth history.

Zusammenfassung

Contains about 200 colored figures visualizing the complex geodynamic processes

Emphasizes special topics which may be read independently

Provides a glossary with important terms

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics.- 2 Plate movements and their geometric relationships.- 3. Continental graben structures.- 4. Passive continental margins and abyssal plains.- 5. Mid-ocean ridges.- 6. Hot spots.- 7. Subduction zones, island arcs and active continental margins.- 8. Transform faults.- 9. Terranes.- 10. Early Precambrian plate tectonics.- 11. Plate tectonics and mountain building.- 12. Old orogens.- 13. Young orogens - the Earth's loftiest places.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Inhalt: x
245 S.
1 s/w Illustr.
194 farbige Illustr.
245 p. 195 illus.
194 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030889982
ISBN-10: 303088998X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Frisch, Wolfgang
Blakey, Ronald C.
Meschede, Martin
Auflage: 2nd ed. 2022
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Maße: 285 x 215 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Wolfgang Frisch (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.11.2022
Gewicht: 0,887 kg
Artikel-ID: 120529700
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