{"product_id":"introducing-tectonics-rock-structures-and-mountain-belts-9781780460949","title":"Introducing Tectonics, Rock Structures and Mountain Belts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroducing Tectonics, Rock Structures and Mountain Belts\u003c\/i\u003e is written to explain the key concepts of tectonics and rock structures to students and to the interested non-specialist, especially those without a strong mathematical background. The study and understanding of geological structures has traditionally been guided by the rigorous application of mathematics and physics but, in this book, Graham Park has avoided mathematical equations altogether and has reduced the geometry to the minimum necessary. The application of plate tectonic theory has revolutionised structural geology by giving the study of rock structures a context in which they can be explained. Since the large-scale movements of the plates ultimately control smaller-scale structures, the study of tectonics is the key to understanding the latter. The reader is thus introduced to large-scale Earth structure and the theory of plate tectonics before dealing with geological structures such as faults and folds. Studies by structural geologists of the movement history of rock masses relative to each other, as revealed by the study of fault systems and shear zones, has helped to integrate rock structures with plate tectonics, and this has been emphasised in the book. One of the most exciting aspects of geology is the study of the great mountain ranges, orogenic belts. The final three chapters of the book explain how knowledge of plate tectonic theory, geological structures, and the processes of deformation may be employed to understand these orogenic belts. Whilst excessive use of terminology is avoided, all technical terms are in a Glossary and, as with all books in this series, the text is illustrated profusely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12187236\"\u003eGraham Park\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dunedin Academic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780460949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780460945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI031000\"\u003eEarth Sciences | Geology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Park \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Tectonic Geology at the University of Keele and author of the popular\u003ci\u003e Introducing Geology, \u003c\/i\u003e the title that initiated the successful 'Introducing' series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dunedin Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44574955143405,"sku":"9781780460949","price":49.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_24a2d49e-1118-4b15-a45c-555bc0ba4531.jpg?v=1701991079","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/introducing-tectonics-rock-structures-and-mountain-belts-9781780460949","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}