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The formation of mountains / / Florian Neukirchen
The formation of mountains / / Florian Neukirchen
Autore Neukirchen Florian
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (544 pages)
Disciplina 551.41
Soggetto topico Geomorphology
Mountains
Orogeny
ISBN 9783031113857
9783031113840
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 The Structure of Mountains -- 1.1 The Riddle of the Glarus Thrust -- 1.2 Rocks and Dough -- 1.2.1 Fractures -- 1.2.2 Ductile Deformation -- 1.2.3 More or Less Competent -- 1.3 Types of Faults -- 1.4 Clefts -- 1.5 The Folded Jura -- 1.6 More About Folds and Thrusts -- 1.6.1 Folds and Overthrusts in the Helvetic Nappes -- 1.6.2 Duplex in the Moine Thrust Belt in Scotland -- 1.6.3 Backthrusts and Pop-Ups -- 1.7 Feldspar, Quartz and Mica -- 1.8 The Structure of Earth -- 1.9 Absolute and Relative Ages -- 1.10 A Short History of the Earth -- 1.10.1 Precambrian -- 1.10.2 Palaeozoic -- 1.10.3 Mesozoic -- 1.10.4 Cenozoic -- References -- 2 The Rock Cycle -- 2.1 Carbonates -- 2.1.1 The Reefs of the Dolomites -- 2.1.2 Dolomitisation -- 2.2 Karst -- 2.2.1 Karst Springs and Ponors -- 2.2.2 Travertine -- 2.2.3 Caves -- 2.2.4 Sinkholes, Uvalas and Poljes -- 2.2.5 Fluviokarst -- 2.2.6 Glaciokarst -- 2.2.7 Tropical Karst -- 2.3 Evaporites -- 2.3.1 Marine Evaporites -- 2.3.2 Salt Lakes and Salt Pans -- 2.3.3 Salt and Tectonics -- 2.4 From Weathering to Deposition -- 2.4.1 Chemical Weathering -- 2.4.2 Physical Weathering -- 2.4.3 Mass Movements -- 2.4.4 Rainfall on Slopes -- 2.4.5 Erosion, Transport and Deposition by Rivers -- 2.4.6 Turbidity Currents in the Sea -- 2.4.7 From Sand to Sandstone -- 2.5 The Power of Ice -- 2.6 Sandstone Tables and Towers -- 2.6.1 Elbe Sandstone Mountains -- 2.6.2 Meteora -- 2.6.3 Wulingyuan -- 2.6.4 Tepui -- 2.7 Metamorphism -- 2.7.1 When Little Happens -- 2.7.2 Metamorphism of Basalt -- 2.7.3 Metamorphism of Claystone -- 2.7.4 P-T Paths and Large Crystals -- 2.8 Magmas -- 2.8.1 Melting in the Mantle -- 2.8.2 Differentiation of Magmas -- 2.8.3 Alkaline Rocks -- 2.8.4 Granite -- Literature -- 3 Of Moving Plates, Volcanoes and Uplift -- Abstract.
3.1 Alfred Wegener and His Continental Drift -- 3.2 From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics -- 3.3 How Volcanoes Work -- 3.3.1 Hawaiian and Strombolian Eruptions -- 3.3.2 When Magma Meets Water -- 3.3.3 Ash Eruptions and Plinian Eruptions -- 3.3.4 Lava Domes and Obsidian Flows -- 3.3.5 Glowing Clouds and Lahars -- 3.3.6 Calderas and Ring Complexes -- 3.3.7 Fumaroles and Hydrothermal Systems -- 3.4 Mid-Ocean Ridges and the Oceanic Crust -- 3.4.1 Ophiolite Complexes in Cyprus and Oman -- 3.4.2 Naked Mantle Without a Shell -- 3.5 Uplift of a Mountain Range -- 3.5.1 Playing with Buoyancy -- 3.5.2 Denudation Rates -- 3.5.3 Uplift and Tectonics -- 3.6 Mountains and Climate -- 3.6.1 Volcanic Eruptions and Climate -- 3.6.2 Mountains and Climate Change -- References -- 4 Mountains and Plunging Plates: Subduction Zones -- 4.1 Island Arcs and Active Continental Margins -- 4.1.1 Accretionary Wedge or Abrasive Paper -- 4.1.2 Magmas and Metamorphism -- 4.1.3 Diving into Hell -- 4.1.4 Compression and Extension -- 4.1.5 Mariana Arc -- 4.1.6 Sunda Arc in Indonesia -- 4.2 The Andes -- 4.2.1 Central Chile to Northern Patagonia -- 4.2.2 Aconcagua and the Sierras Pampeanas -- 4.2.3 Central Andes and the Altiplano -- 4.2.4 Snow White Behind the 30 Mountain Giants -- 4.2.5 Ecuador, Colombia and a Detour to Central America -- 4.2.6 Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego -- 4.3 Subduction and Accretion on the Western Margin of North America -- 4.3.1 Mexico -- 4.3.2 The Mountains of the Western USA -- 4.3.3 The Rocky Mountains in Canada -- 4.4 Collision of Island Arcs and Obduction of Ophiolites -- 4.4.1 New Guinea -- 4.4.2 Taiwan -- 4.4.3 Philippines -- References -- 5 Strike-Slip Faults with Complications -- 5.1 The Dead Sea and Mount Lebanon -- 5.2 Red River and Ailao Shan -- 5.3 The Southern Alps of New Zealand -- 5.4 Alaska -- 5.5 Altai -- References.
6 Great Rifts and Hot Spots -- 6.1 Hotspots and the Highest Mountains in the World -- 6.1.1 Hawaii -- 6.1.2 The Canary Islands -- 6.1.3 Iceland -- 6.1.4 Flood Basalts -- 6.1.5 Yellowstone -- 6.2 Introduction to Continental Rifting -- 6.3 The East African Rift -- 6.3.1 The Ethiopian Highlands, Afar, and the Turkana Depression -- 6.3.2 The Western Branch of the Rift System -- 6.3.3 The Eastern Branch of the Rift System -- 6.4 Rifts and Uplands in Central Europe -- 6.4.1 Upper Rhine Graben, Black Forest and Vosges -- 6.4.2 Alcove Lands and Swabian Jura -- 6.4.3 Ore Mountains, Thuringian Forest and Harz Mountains -- 6.5 The High Atlas -- 6.6 Mountains on Passive Continental Margins -- 6.6.1 Western Ghats in India -- 6.6.2 The Cape Fold Belt and the Great Escarpment in South Africa -- 6.6.3 Uplift in Scandinavia -- 6.7 Collision and Collapse in the Wild West -- 6.7.1 Basin and Range Province -- 6.7.2 The Recent Uplift of the Sierra Nevada -- 6.7.3 The Teton Range -- References -- 7 The Roof of the World: High Mountains of Asia -- 7.1 Himalaya -- 7.1.1 The Early Stage of Collision -- 7.1.2 The Deep Structure of the Collision Zone -- 7.1.3 The Nappe Stack -- 7.1.4 Channel Flow or Orogenic Wedge? -- 7.1.5 Uplift, Erosion and Climate -- 7.1.6 Both Ends of the Himalayas -- 7.2 Evasive Crustal Blocks -- 7.3 Tibet -- 7.3.1 The Terranes of Tibet -- 7.3.2 Uplift and Deformation of the Plateau -- 7.4 Karakoram, Ladakh and Hindu Kush -- 7.5 High Mountains in Central Asia -- 7.5.1 Pamir -- 7.5.2 Tian Shan -- 7.6 High-Pressure Rocks: Into the Depths and Back Again -- 7.6.1 Accretionary Wedge and Subduction Channel -- 7.6.2 Continental Ultra-High-Pressure Rocks -- 7.6.3 Eclogites on the Nordfjord in Norway -- 7.7 A Patchwork Quilt in the Middle East -- 7.7.1 Zagros -- 7.7.2 Alborz and Kopetdag -- 7.7.3 Caucasus -- 7.7.4 Anatolia -- References.
8 The Alps and Their Siblings -- 8.1 An Overview of the Alps -- 8.2 An Ocean Emerges -- 8.2.1 A Shallow Sea Floods the Continent -- 8.2.2 Opening of a Deep Ocean -- 8.2.3 Eo-Alpine Orogeny and the Austroalpine Nappes -- 8.2.4 The Maximum Extent of the Ocean -- 8.3 The Collision in the Alps -- 8.3.1 The Accretion Wedge Becomes a Mountain Range -- 8.3.2 Around Zermatt -- 8.3.3 Slab Break-Off and Late Phase of Mountain Building -- 8.3.4 A View Through the Tauern Window -- 8.3.5 The Recent History -- 8.4 Between the Apennines and Gibraltar -- 8.4.1 Corsica and Sardinia -- 8.4.2 Apennine Mountains -- 8.4.3 Tell Atlas, Rif and Betic Cordillera -- 8.4.4 Calabria, Sicily and the Volcanoes of South Italy -- 8.5 Pyrenees -- 8.6 East of the Alps and the Adriatic Sea -- 8.6.1 Dinarides and Hellenides -- 8.6.2 Hellenic Arc and the Aegean Sea -- 8.6.3 Carpathians and Balkan Mountains -- 8.7 Time Travel to the Palaeozoic Mountain Formations -- 8.7.1 The Caledonian Orogeny -- 8.7.2 The Variscan Orogeny -- Literature -- Glossary -- Index.
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Neukirchen Florian  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]
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Fundamentals of geomorphology / / Richard John Huggett
Fundamentals of geomorphology / / Richard John Huggett
Autore Huggett Richard J.
Edizione [Fourth edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (659 pages) : illustrations, photographs, tables
Disciplina 551.41
Collana Routledge fundamentals of physical geography series
Soggetto topico Geomorphology
ISBN 1-315-67417-3
1-317-37837-7
1-317-37838-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. I. Introducing landforms and landscapes -- pt.II. Endogenic processes -- pt. III. Exogenic processes.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910150327903321
Huggett Richard J.  
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017
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Geo-trekking in Ethiopia’s Tropical Mountains [[electronic resource] ] : The Dogu’a Tembien District / / edited by Jan Nyssen, Miro Jacob, Amaury Frankl
Geo-trekking in Ethiopia’s Tropical Mountains [[electronic resource] ] : The Dogu’a Tembien District / / edited by Jan Nyssen, Miro Jacob, Amaury Frankl
Edizione [1st ed. 2019.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (676 pages)
Disciplina 916.3
Collana GeoGuide
Soggetto topico Geomorphology
Geology
Hydrology
Hydrology/Water Resources
ISBN 3-030-04955-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword -- Preface -- Glossary -- Section1: Setting the scene -- Section 2: Geology and geomorphology -- Section 3: Water -- Section 4: Vegetation and biodiversity -- Section 5: Geomorphic processes -- Section 6: Land and agriculture -- Section 7: Historical, ecological, sociological and cultural dimensions -- Section 8: Geotourism and trekking in Dogu’a Tembien -- Indes -- References -- Annex: Trekking map 1/50 000.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910341855503321
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
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Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina 551.3
551.304
Altri autori (Persone) NashDavid J
McLarenSue J
Collana RGS-IBG book series
Soggetto topico Sediments (Geology) - Analysis
Geomorphology
ISBN 1-281-84070-X
9786611840709
0-470-71291-0
0-470-71266-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Geochemical Sediments in Landscapes; 2 Calcrete; 3 Laterite and Ferricrete; 4 Silcrete; 5 Aeolianite; 6 Tufa and Travertine; 7 Speleothems; 8 Rock Varnish; 9 Lacustrine and Palustrine Geochemical Sediments; 10 Terrestrial Evaporites; 11 Beachrock and Intertidal Precipitates; 12 Sodium Nitrate Deposits and Efflorescences; 13 Analytical Techniques for InvestigatingTerrestrial Geochemical Sediments
14 Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes: General SummaryIndex;
Record Nr. UNINA-9910144114803321
Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
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Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina 551.3
551.304
Altri autori (Persone) NashDavid J
McLarenSue J
Collana RGS-IBG book series
Soggetto topico Sediments (Geology) - Analysis
Geomorphology
ISBN 1-281-84070-X
9786611840709
0-470-71291-0
0-470-71266-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Geochemical Sediments in Landscapes; 2 Calcrete; 3 Laterite and Ferricrete; 4 Silcrete; 5 Aeolianite; 6 Tufa and Travertine; 7 Speleothems; 8 Rock Varnish; 9 Lacustrine and Palustrine Geochemical Sediments; 10 Terrestrial Evaporites; 11 Beachrock and Intertidal Precipitates; 12 Sodium Nitrate Deposits and Efflorescences; 13 Analytical Techniques for InvestigatingTerrestrial Geochemical Sediments
14 Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes: General SummaryIndex;
Record Nr. UNISA-996203921203316
Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
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Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina 551.3
551.304
Altri autori (Persone) NashDavid J
McLarenSue J
Collana RGS-IBG book series
Soggetto topico Sediments (Geology) - Analysis
Geomorphology
ISBN 1-281-84070-X
9786611840709
0-470-71291-0
0-470-71266-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Geochemical Sediments in Landscapes; 2 Calcrete; 3 Laterite and Ferricrete; 4 Silcrete; 5 Aeolianite; 6 Tufa and Travertine; 7 Speleothems; 8 Rock Varnish; 9 Lacustrine and Palustrine Geochemical Sediments; 10 Terrestrial Evaporites; 11 Beachrock and Intertidal Precipitates; 12 Sodium Nitrate Deposits and Efflorescences; 13 Analytical Techniques for InvestigatingTerrestrial Geochemical Sediments
14 Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes: General SummaryIndex;
Record Nr. UNINA-9910831197403321
Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
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Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Geochemical sediments and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David J. Nash and Sue J. McLaren
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina 551.3
551.304
Altri autori (Persone) NashDavid J
McLarenSue J
Collana RGS-IBG book series
Soggetto topico Sediments (Geology) - Analysis
Geomorphology
ISBN 1-281-84070-X
9786611840709
0-470-71291-0
0-470-71266-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Geochemical Sediments in Landscapes; 2 Calcrete; 3 Laterite and Ferricrete; 4 Silcrete; 5 Aeolianite; 6 Tufa and Travertine; 7 Speleothems; 8 Rock Varnish; 9 Lacustrine and Palustrine Geochemical Sediments; 10 Terrestrial Evaporites; 11 Beachrock and Intertidal Precipitates; 12 Sodium Nitrate Deposits and Efflorescences; 13 Analytical Techniques for InvestigatingTerrestrial Geochemical Sediments
14 Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes: General SummaryIndex;
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
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Geodynamics of the Indian Plate [[electronic resource] ] : Evolutionary Perspectives / / edited by Neal Gupta, Sampat K. Tandon
Geodynamics of the Indian Plate [[electronic resource] ] : Evolutionary Perspectives / / edited by Neal Gupta, Sampat K. Tandon
Edizione [1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (VIII, 574 p. 188 illus., 152 illus. in color.)
Disciplina 551
Collana Springer Geology
Soggetto topico Geology
Geomorphology
Geoecology
Environmental geology
Geochemistry
Physical geography
Geoecology/Natural Processes
World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)
Earth System Sciences
ISBN 3-030-15989-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Evolving Early Earth: Insights from Peninsular India -- Chapter3. Tracking India within Precambrian supercontinent cycles -- Chapter4. Proterozoic Sedimentary basins of India -- Chapter5. Oxygenation of early atmosphere and potential stratigraphic records from India -- Chapter6. Early life from the Proterozoic sedimentary basins of India -- Chapter7. Geodynamics of Gondwanaland -- Chapter8. Cretaceous Volcanism in Peninsular India: Rajmahal_Sylhet, Deccan Traps -- Chapter9. Phanerozoic Mass Extinctions and Indian Stratigraphic Records -- Chapter10. Geological Evolution of the Himalayan Mountains -- Chapter11. Cenozoic Himalayan foreland basin: an overview and regional perspective of the evolving sedimentary succession -- Chapter12. Active tectonics of Himalayan frontal fault zone in the Sub Himalaya -- Chapter13. Late Quaternary evolution and morphostratigraphic development of the Ganga Plains -- Chapter14. Evolution and development of the Indian Monsoon -- Chapter15. Climate Change over the Indian sub-continent.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910377829103321
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
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Geoheritage of Volcanic Harrats in Saudi Arabia [[electronic resource] /] / by Mohammed Rashad Moufti, Károly Németh
Geoheritage of Volcanic Harrats in Saudi Arabia [[electronic resource] /] / by Mohammed Rashad Moufti, Károly Németh
Autore Moufti Mohammed Rashad
Edizione [1st ed. 2016.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina 333.72
Collana Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism, Conservation and Management Series
Soggetto topico Geology
Nature conservation
Geomorphology
Nature Conservation
ISBN 3-319-33015-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Geological Setting -- Harrat Rahat: The geoheritage value of the youngest long-lived volcanic field in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Volcanic geoheritage of other harrats of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Synthesis of the geoheritage values of the volcanic harrats of Saudi Arabia.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910254117903321
Moufti Mohammed Rashad  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
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The Geohistorical Approach [[electronic resource] ] : Methods and Applications / / by Silvia Elena Piovan
The Geohistorical Approach [[electronic resource] ] : Methods and Applications / / by Silvia Elena Piovan
Autore Piovan Silvia Elena
Edizione [1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (XIX, 348 p. 160 illus., 135 illus. in color.)
Disciplina 910.9
Collana Springer Geography
Soggetto topico Historical geography
Historical geology
Geographical information systems
Environmental geography
Geomorphology
Historical Geography
Historical Geology
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
Environmental Geography
ISBN 3-030-42439-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Geo-Historical Approach in Environmental and Territorial Studies -- Chapter 3. Modern Maps -- Chapter 4. Historical Maps -- Chapter 5. Written Documents and Cultural Artifacts -- Chapter 6. Geographic Information System (GIS) -- Chapter 7. Remote Sensing -- Chapter 8. Processing of Stratigraphical Archives -- Chapter 9. Other Methods -- Chapter 10. The Geo-Historical Approach in the Southern Venetian Plain. .
Record Nr. UNINA-9910401935503321
Piovan Silvia Elena  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
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