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Orogenesis The Making of Mountains

Hardcover • 2012 • English • 1. edition

Orogenesis The Making of Mountains

By Michael R. W. Johnson, Simon L. Harley

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Orogenesis, the process of mountain building, occurs when two tectonic plates collide - either forcing material upwards to form mountain belts such as the Alps or Himalayas or causing one plate to be subducted below the other, resulting in volcanic mountain chains such as the Andes. Integrating the approaches of structural geology and metamorphism, this book provides an up-to-date overview of orogenic research and an introduction to the physico-chemical properties of mountain belts. Global examp...Show more

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ISBN

9780521765565

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Edition

1

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Orogenesis The Making of Mountains

Format

Hardcover

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