The origin of mountains / Cliff Ollier and Colin Pain.

Author/creator Ollier, Cliff
Other author Pain, C. F.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Descriptionxvii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Simple plateaus and erosional mountains -- Fault block mountains -- European mountains -- Western North America -- The Andes -- Asian mountains -- Mountains with gravity structures -- Volcanoes and granite mountains -- Mountains on passive margins -- Plains and planation surfaces, drainage and climate -- Problems of mountain tectonics -- Science and the origin of mountains.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [316]-335) and index.
LCCN 99058339
ISBN0415198895 (hc.)
ISBN0415198909 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QE621 .O45 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold