xv, 298 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Plate tectonics -- Geologic features and processes -- Continental rifts -- Passive continental margins -- Subduction zones -- Collisional mountain ranges -- San Andreas and other transform boundaries -- Oceanic hotspots -- Hotspots beneath continental crust -- North American Craton -- Accreted terranes.
Summary
"Geologist Robert J. Lillie explains volcanoes and glaciers, mountains and caves, shorelines and cliffs, salt flats and geysers, and canyons and rifts in profusely illustrated pages containing a wealth of color photographs and richly annotated figures."--BOOK JACKET.
