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Mountains : the origins of the earth's mountain systems / Graham Park.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Park, Graham, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountains.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages) : color illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Dunedin, [2018]
- Summary:
- An explanation of how and why mountains are formed. The age, location, life cycle and key features of different mountain types are described.
- Contents:
- Historical views
- Plate-tectonic framework
- The Western Mediterranean
- The Central Mediterranean: Alps and Apennines
- The Carpathians, the Balkans and Turkey
- Iran to Pakistan
- The India{u2013}Asia collision zone
- Southeast Asia
- The Western Pacific rim
- The North American Cordillera
- Central America, the Andes and Antarctica
- The ocean ridges
- Older mountain belts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 5, 2018).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78046-579-3
- OCLC:
- 1027177303
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