364 Pages
by
Routledge
364 Pages
by
Routledge
364 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
