[PDF] Continents In Collision eBook

Author : Russell Miller
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 24,48 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Continental drift
ISBN :

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Presents evidence supporting Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. Explains plate tectonics and discusses what is known of the earth's crust and upper mantle.

Author : Mike Searle
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191652490

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The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today. The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram - one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The Karakoram has half of the world's highest mountains and a reputation as being one of the most remote and savage ranges of all. In this beautifully illustrated book, Mike Searle, a geologist at the University of Oxford and one of the most experienced field geologists of our time, presents a rich account of the geological forces that were involved in creating these mountain ranges. Using his personal accounts of extreme mountaineering and research in the region, he pieces together the geological processes that formed such impressive peaks.

Author : Dennis Brown
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540885587

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Arc-continent collision has been one of the important tectonic processes in the formation of mountain belts throughout geological time, and it continues to be so today along tectonically active plate boundaries such as those in the SW Pacific or the Caribbean. Arc-continent collision is thought to have been one of the most important process involved in the growth of the continental crust over geological time, and may also play an important role in its recycling back into the mantle via subduction. Understanding the geological processes that take place during arc-continent collision is therefore of importance for our understanding of how collisional orogens evolve and how the continental crust grows or is destroyed. Furthermore, zones of arc-continent collision are producers of much of the worlds primary economic wealth in the form of minerals, so understanding the processes that take place during these tectonic events is of importance in modeling how this mineral wealth is formed and preserved. This book brings together seventeen papers that are dedicated to the investigation of the tectonic processes that take place during arc-continent collision. It is divided into four sections that deal firstly with the main players involved in any arc-continent collision; the continental margin, the subduction zone, and finally the volcanic arc and its mineral deposits. The second section presents eight examples of arc-continent collisions that range from being currently active through to Palaeoproterozoic in age. The third section contains two papers, one that deals with the obduction of large-slab ophiolites and a second that presents a wide range of physical models of arc-continent collision. The fourth section brings everything that comes before together into a discussion of the processes of arc-continent collision.

Author : Ian Stephen Williams
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,30 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Geology
ISBN :

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Continents in collision is a graphic textbook created by Professor Ian Williams, University of Wisconsin-River Falls as a sabbatical project. The textbook is intended to be an introduction to geology centered on the idea of mountain building.