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Orogenesis: the making of mountains/ Michael R.W. Johnson and Simon H. Harley.

By: Johnson, Michael R.WContributor(s): Harley, Simon LMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 388 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0521765560Subject(s): Orogeny | Plate tectonics | Orogenic belts | Geology, StructuralDDC classification: 551.82

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books Science Library	Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section	551.82 JOH/O (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Books For SU Science Library		P41320

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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.

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