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Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains
Orogenesis The Making of Mountains
Author: Michael Johnson, Simon Harley
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 metamorphi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521765565
ISBN-10: 0521765560
Publication Date: 3/31/2012
Pages: 464
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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