Trond H. Torsvik (Universitetet i Oslo), L. Robin M. Cocks (London Natural History Museum)

Gebundenes Buch

Earth History and Palaeogeography

Beschreibung

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. With supplementary resources available online, it is ideal for researchers, graduate students and professional geoscientists.

Autor

Trond H. Torsvik is the Founding Director of the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo and Honorary Professor at Wits University, Johannesburg. He is a Member of the Norwegian Academy, and was awarded the prestigious Arthur Holmes Medal from the European Union of Geosciences in 2016 and the Leopold Von Buch Medal from the German Geological Society in 2015 for outstanding achievements in the geosciences, among various other awards and prizes. He has written over 200 publications in refereed journals and books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 284mm x 222mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1144g
• ISBN-13: 9781107105324
• ISBN-10: 1107105323
• Artikelnr.: 45153343