Cliff Ollier is a Visiting Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University and also Emeritus Professor, University of New England. Colin Pain is Assistant Director, Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploitation, Australian Geological Survey Organisation.
The Origins of Mountains approaches mountains from facts about mountain landscapes rather than theory. The book illustrates that almost everywhere, mountains arose by vertical uplift of a former plain, and by a mixture of cracking and warping by earth movements, and erosion by rivers and glaciers, the present mountainous landscapes were created. It also gives evidence that this uplift only occured in the last few million years, a time scale which does not fit the plate tectonics theory.
Another fascinating part of the evidence, shows that mountain uplift correlates very well with climatic change. Mountain building could have been responsible for the onset of the ice age. It certainly resulted in the creation of new environments. Fossil plants and animals are used in places to work out the time of mountain uplift, which in turn helps to explain biogeographical distributions.
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Cliff Oliver leads the international field in his student and academic books on mountains
Exciting new explanation for mountain fountain
Strong student interest and upper level modules on mountains and their formation
Examines all worldwide major mountain ranges
List of tables, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. Simple plateaus and erosional mountains, 3. Fault block mountains, 4. European mountains, 5. Western North America, 6. The Andes, 7. Asian mountains, 8. Mountains with gravity structures, 9. Volcanoes and granite mountains, 10. Mountains on passive margins, 11. Plains and planation surfaces, drainage and climate, 12. Problems of mountain tectonics, 13. Science and the origin of mountains, References, Index
This book is a ground breaking and highly illustrated study challenging existing plate tectonics theory. It describes mountains from all over the world, analysing their rocks, structure and age to ascertain what led to their formation.
Über den Autor
Cliff Ollier is a Visiting Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University and also Emeritus Professor, University of New England. Colin Pain is Assistant Director, Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploitation, Australian Geological Survey Organisation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction 2. Simple plateaus and erosional mountains 3. Fault block mountains 4. European mountains 5. Western North America 6. The Andes 7. Asian mountains 8. Gravity dominated mountains 9. Volcanoes and granite mountains 10. Mountains on passive margins 11. Plains and planation surfaces, drainage and climate 12. Problems of mountain tectonics 13. Science and the origin of mountains 14. References
Klappentext
The Origins of Mountains approaches mountains from facts about mountain landscapes rather than theory. The book illustrates that almost everywhere, mountains arose by vertical uplift of a former plain, and by a mixture of cracking and warping by earth movements, and erosion by rivers and glaciers, the present mountainous landscapes were created. It also gives evidence that this uplift only occured in the last few million years, a time scale which does not fit the plate tectonics theory.
Another fascinating part of the evidence, shows that mountain uplift correlates very well with climatic change. Mountain building could have been responsible for the onset of the ice age. It certainly resulted in the creation of new environments. Fossil plants and animals are used in places to work out the time of mountain uplift, which in turn helps to explain biogeographical distributions.
