On The Origin Of Mountains

Author : Cliff Ollier,Colin Pain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134638789

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The Origin of Mountains by Cliff Ollier,Colin Pain Pdf

The Origins of Mountains approaches mountains from facts about mountain landscapes rather than theory. The book illustrates that almost everywhere, mountains arose by vertical uplift of a former plain, and by a mixture of cracking and warping by earth movements, and erosion by rivers and glaciers, the present mountainous landscapes were created. It also gives evidence that this uplift only occured in the last few million years, a time scale which does not fit the plate tectonics theory. Another fascinating part of the evidence, shows that mountain uplift correlates very well with climatic change. Mountain building could have been responsible for the onset of the ice age. It certainly resulted in the creation of new environments. Fossil plants and animals are used in places to work out the time of mountain uplift, which in turn helps to explain biogeographical distributions.

Author : John W. Delano
Publisher : Joh Delano
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 080622696X

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Delano's Discovery by John W. Delano Pdf

Author : John Delano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1460915356

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The Origin of Mountains by John Delano Pdf

Delano's Descovery, a new description of the evolution of earth's geology that is easy to read and understand.

Author : John De Lano
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781329203129

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On the Origin of Mountains by John De Lano Pdf

Author : Thomas Mellard Reade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Geology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031393072

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The Origin of Mountain Ranges Considered Experimentally, Structurally, Dynamically, and in Relation to Their Geological History by Thomas Mellard Reade Pdf

Author : Graham Park
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780465791

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Mountains by Graham Park Pdf

An explanation of how and why mountains are formed. The age, location, life cycle and key features of different mountain types are described.

Author : Danielle Rose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195560200X

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The History of Mountains by Danielle Rose Pdf

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781938486890

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Mountains of the Heart by Scott Weidensaul Pdf

Part natural history, part poetry, Mountains of the Heart is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains Stretching almost unbroken from Alabama to Belle Isle, Newfoundland, the Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. In Mountains of the Heart, renowned author and avid naturalist Scott Weidensaul shows how geology, ecology, climate, evolution, and 500 million years of history have shaped one of the continent's greatest landscapes into an ecosystem of unmatched beauty. This edition celebrates the book's 20th anniversary of publication and includes a new foreword from the author.

Author : Bernard Debarbieux,Gilles Rudaz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226031255

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The Mountain by Bernard Debarbieux,Gilles Rudaz Pdf

In The Mountain, geographers Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz trace the origins of the very concept of a mountain, showing how it is not a mere geographic feature but ultimately an idea, one that has evolved over time, influenced by changes in political climates and cultural attitudes. To truly understand mountains, they argue, we must view them not only as material realities but as social constructs, ones that can mean radically different things to different people in different settings. From the Enlightenment to the present day, and using a variety of case studies from all the continents, the authors show us how our ideas of and about mountains have changed with the times and how a wide range of policies, from border delineation to forestry as well as nature protection and social programs, have been shaped according to them. A rich hybrid analysis of geography, history, culture, and politics, the book promises to forever change the way we look at mountains.

Author : Robert Macfarlane
Publisher : Granta
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781847081575

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Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane Pdf

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. In this ground-breaking, classic work, Robert Macfarlane takes us up into the mountains: to experience their shattering beauty, the fear and risk of adventure, and to explore the strange impulses that have for centuries lead us to the world's highest places.

Author : Larry W. Price
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520058860

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Mountains & Man by Larry W. Price Pdf

"This book explores the complex processes and features of mountain environments: glaciers, snow and avalanches, landforms, weather and climate, vegetation, soils, and wildlife. A major section analyzes the effects of latitudinal position on these processes and features. There is also an investigation of the origin of mountains, our attitudes towards them, and their manifold implications for us."--Inside front jacket.

Author : Martin F. Price
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780199695881

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Mountains by Martin F. Price Pdf

In this Very Short Introduction, Martin Price addresses the role of mountains in global ecosystems and within human culture. Considering the global effects of melting glaciers, and the conservation of mountain regions and peoples, he discusses the future of mountainous regions and the implications for all of us.

Author : John Dvorak
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781643135755

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How the Mountains Grew by John Dvorak Pdf

The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our lives—and the entirety of human history—are mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from elevation to fault lines, what could be more relevant that the history of the ground beneath our feet? For most of modern history, geologists could say little more about why mountains grew than the obvious: there were forces acting inside the Earth that caused mountains to rise. But what were those forces? And why did they act in some places of the planet and not at others? When the theory of plate tectonics was proposed, our concept of how the Earth worked experienced a momentous shift. As the Andes continue to rise, the Atlantic Ocean steadily widens, and Honolulu creeps ever closer to Tokyo, this seemingly imperceptible creep of the Earth is revealed in the landscape all around us. But tectonics cannot—and do not—explain everything about the wonders of the North American landscape. What about the Black Hills? Or the walls of chalk that stand amongst the rolling hills of west Kansas? Or the fact that the states of Washington and Oregon are slowly rotating clockwise, and there a diamond mine in Arizona? It all points to the geologic secrets hidden inside the 2-billion-year-old-continental masses. A whopping ten times older than the rocky floors of the ocean, continents hold the clues to the long history of our planet. With a sprightly narrative that vividly brings this science to life, John Dvorak's How the Mountains Grew will fill readers with a newfound appreciation for the wonders of the land we live on.

Author : Cliff Ollier,C. F. Pain
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0415198909

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The Origin of Mountains by Cliff Ollier,C. F. Pain Pdf

This book is a ground breaking and highly illustrated study challenging existing plate tectonics theory. It describes mountains from all over the world, analysing their rocks, structure and age to ascertain what led to their formation.

Author : Caleb Swift Carter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824893095

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A Path into the Mountains by Caleb Swift Carter Pdf

Shugendō has been an object of fascination among scholars and the general public, yet its historical development remains an enigma. This book offers a provocative reexamination of the social, economic, and spiritual terrain from which this mountain religious system arose. Caleb Carter traces Shugendō through the mountains of Togakushi (Nagano Prefecture), while situating it within the religious landscape of medieval and early modern Japan. His is the first major study to view Shugendō as a self-conscious religious system—something that was historically emergent but conceptually distinct from the prevailing Buddhist orders of medieval Japan. Beyond Shugendō, his work rethinks a range of issues in the history of Japanese religions, including exclusionary policies toward women, the formation of Shintō, and religion at the social and geographical margins of the Japanese archipelago. Carter takes a new tack in the study of religions by tracking three recurrent and intersecting elements—institution, ritual, and narrative. Examination of origin accounts, temple records, gazetteers, and iconography from Togakushi demonstrates how practitioners implemented storytelling, new rituals and festivals, and institutional measures to merge Shugendō with their mountain’s culture while establishing social legitimacy and economic security. Indicative of early modern trends, the case of Mount Togakushi reveals how Shugendō moved from a patchwork of regional communities into a translocal system of national scope, eventually becoming Japan’s signature mountain religion.