TY - BOOK AU - Frisch,Wolfgang AU - Meschede,Martin AU - Blakey,Ronald C. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building SN - 9783540765042 AV - QE1-996.5 U1 - 551 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Geography KW - Geology KW - Geology, Structural KW - Planetology KW - Earth Sciences KW - Structural Geology N2 - How are mountains formed? Why are there old and young mountains? Why do the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together? Why is the Pacific surrounded by a ring of volcanoes and earthquake-prone areas while the edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful? Frisch and Meschede and Blakey answer all these questions and more through the presentation and explanation of the geodynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have led to the concept of plate tectonics UR - http://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-76504-2 ER -