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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Torsvik, Trond H. (1957-....)
Cocks, Leonard Robert Morrison (1938-....)
Titre(s) : Earth history and palaeogeography [Texte imprimé] / Trond H. Torsvik,... and L. Robin M. Cocks,...
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge university press, cop. 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (317 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; Methods for locating old continents and terranes ; Tectonic units
of the Earth ; Earth's origins and the Precambrian ; Cambrian ; Ordovician ; Silurian
; Devonian ; Carboniferous ; Permian ; Triassic ; Jurassic ; Cretaceous ; Paleogene
; Neogene and Quaternary ; Climates past and present ; Appendix 1. Location of Phanerozoic
large igneous provinces ; Appendix 2. Mesozoic to modern Panthalassic and Pacific
Ocean plates ; Appendix 3. Orogenies..
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 293-310
Using full-colour palaeogeographical maps from the Cambrian to the present, this interdisciplinary
volume explains how plate motions and surface volcanism are linked to processes in
the Earth's mantle, and to climate change and the evolution of the Earth's biota.
These new and very detailed maps provide a complete and integrated Phanerozoic story
of palaeogeography. They illustrate the development of all the major mountain-building
orogenies. Old lands, seas, ice caps, volcanic regions, reefs, and coal beds are highlighted
on the maps, as well as faunal and floral provinces. Many other original diagrams
show sections from the Earth's core, through the mantle, and up to the lithosphere,
and how Large Igneous Provinces are generated, helping to understand how plates have
appeared, moved, and vanished through time. Supplementary resources are available
online, making this an invaluable reference for researchers, graduate students, professional
geoscientists and anyone interested in the geological history of the Earth.-
Sujet(s) : Paléogéographie
Précambrien
Phanérozoïque
Indice(s) Dewey :
551.7 (23e éd.) = Géologie historique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107105324. - ISBN 1107105323 (rel.)
EAN 9781107105324
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45212516z
Notice n° :
FRBNF45212516
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