Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building

by Wolfgang Frisch

This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography and shows why the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together. Furthermore, it explains why the Pacific is surrounded by a ring of volcanos and earthquake-prone areas while the edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful.

This thoroughly revised textbook edition addresses all these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303088998X
• ISBN13: 9783030889982
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.9"