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Over the past 20 years, geologists have come to realize that the real object of their studies is the Earth, and that their favorite subjects, whether basalts, earthquakes, or the Tibetan plateau (for example) are only the means to understanding the Earth itself as a complete entity. Geology has thus acquired aglobai perspective. The study of any particular regional problem is only of general interest in providing good foundations to investigate general phe­ nomena. But this same particular problem can only be completely understood ifits global context is taken into account. The geology of the Andes is only one of many examples of subcontinental subduc­ tion and, as such, its study contributes to our understanding of the mechanism of subduction. However, at the same time, understanding the geology of the Andes is today no longer possible without relating it to the geological history of the eastern Pacific, reconstructing the relative movements of the East Pacific Rise and the Nazca Ridge against South America and, in a wider sense, in the context of the his­ tory of the Pacific Ocean as a whole. Geology today is based on an infinite variety of natural examples which in the general f

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Author

Prof. Adolphe Nicolas (auth.)

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9783662031360

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Stem