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
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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.
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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 |
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 |
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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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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 |
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 |
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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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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. |
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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
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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
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