| Importance : |
1 vol. (x-388 p., [16] p. de pl.) |
| Note de contenu : |
Bibliogr. p. 343-374. Index.-Sommaire :
1. Major features of the earth and plate tectonics
2. Driving mechanisms for plates, slab retreat and advance, and a cause of orogenesis
3. Physical and chemical principles : rock deformation, isostasy, geochronology and heat production in the lithosphere
4. Large-scale features of orogens : thrusts and folds
5. Evolution of orogens
6. Lateral spreading of orogens : foreland propagation, channel flow and weak zones in the crust
7. Metamorphism in orogeny
8. The erosion and exhumation of mountains
9. Sedimentary history of the foredeep basins
10. Deep structure, mountain support and phase changes
11. Mountains and climate
12. Secular change in orogeny |
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