L'événement

LIBRAIRIE LE MONDE EN TIQUE

EXPOSITION PHOTOS

DU 18 AVRIL AU 31 MAI 2013




 


email ou code client :
mot de passe :
* Oublié ?

Première visite ?
Demander un devis
Créer un compte
Frais de port
gratuits
pour les particuliers
à partir de 50 euros
(France métropolitaine uniquement)

Ajouter cet article au panier

Nbre d'exemplaires:

Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains

Titre :

Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains

Caractéristiques :


Auteur(s) :Michael Johnson et Simon Harley
Editeur :CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Parution :03/2012
Langue :Anglais Anglais
Nbre de pages :400
ISBN :9780521765565
Reliure :Livre relié
Prix public :52.00 € ttc
Notre prix :49.40 € ttc (-5.0%)
Vous économisez :2.60 €
Disponibilité :Livraison sous 2 à 10 jours ouvrables.

Couverture :


Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains

Résumé :

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 examples are explored, the interactioning roles of temperature and deformation in the orogenic process are reviewed, and important new concepts such as channel flow are explained. This book provides a valuable introduction to this fast-moving field for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of structural geology, plate tectonics and geodynamics, and will also provide a vital overview of research for academics and researchers working in related fields including petrology geochemistry and sedimentology.

Table des matières :

Preface
1. Major features of the Earth and plate tectonics
2. Driving mechanisms for plates, slab retreat and advance, a reason for orogenesis
3. Physical and chemical principles: rock deformation and heat production in the lithosphere
4. Large scale features of orogenic belts: thrusts, folds, orogenic wedges
5. Evolution of orogens
6. Lateral spreading of orogens: foreland propagation, channel flow and weak zones in the crust
7. Orogenic metamorphism
8. The erosion, uplift and exhumation of orogens
9. The sedimentary history of foreland basins
10. Deep structure: the support of mountains and the importance of phase changes
11. Mountains and climate
12. Precambrian orogenesis
References
Index.

Ajouter cet article au panier

Nbre d'exemplaires: