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100			_aJohnson, Michael R.W.
245		0	_aOrogenesis: the making of mountains/ _cMichael R.W. Johnson and Simon H. Harley.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_ax, 388 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
505			_a1. 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.
650			_aOrogeny
650			_aPlate tectonics
650			_aOrogenic belts
650			_aGeology, Structural
700			_aHarley, Simon L.
942			_cSC79