TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson, Michael R.W.
AU  - Harley, Simon L.
TI  - Orogenesis: the making of mountains
SN  - 0521765560
U1  - 551.82 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Orogeny
KW  - Plate tectonics
KW  - Orogenic belts
KW  - Geology, Structural
N1  - 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
ER  -