Principles of Terrane Analysis: New applications for global tectonics - Couverture souple

Howell, D. G.

 
9780412546402: Principles of Terrane Analysis: New applications for global tectonics

Synopsis

This book introduces the reader to the principles of terrrane analysis, and describes how accretion tectonics relates to classic plate tectonics theory and what this represents in terms of mountain building and continental growth processes. A forensic-like investigation of continental geology is detailed, integrating many different sub-disciplines of the Earth Sciences. The concepts outlined have a practical bent and help to explain the nature and occurrences of petroleum and metallic mineral deposits.

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