Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains
Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains
Author: Michael R. W. Johnson, Simon L. Harley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/08/2012
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521765565
Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2012
About the Author
Johnson, Michael R. W.: - "Michael Johnson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and taught structural geology and tectonics in the University of Edinburgh for forty years. He has undertaken research on orogenic belts in many parts of the world - Scotland, North America, the Alps and the Himalayas - and has continued his researches since his retirement in 1997. Dr Johnson has written over 80 papers, co-edited and contributed to several books, and organised and given keynote lectures at many international conferences. For many years he was on the editorial board of Tectonophysics and has served on international committees such as IGCP."Harley, Simon L.: - Simon Harley is Professor of Lower Crustal Processes at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. For 25 years, he has taught metamorphism and tectonics, Earth evolution and aspects of isotope geology at the University of Edinburgh and Oxford University and is recognised internationally as a world authority on metamorphism at extreme temperature conditions in the crust. He has undertaken field and laboratory-based research on mountain belts from around the globe, and has a particular interest in Antarctica, its evolution and environment. Professor Harley has written 110 papers, co-edited several conference proceedings and special volumes, and acted on the editorial boards of several key journals in geosciences, including Geology and the Journal of Petrology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a recipient of the Imperial Polar Medal for contributions to Antarctic science.