The Origin of Mountains

by Cliff Ollier and Colin Pain

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415198909
• ISBN13: 9780415198905
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"