Physical Geography: Introduction To EarthDiscovery Publishing House, 2006 - 332 pàgines It may well be said that there can be no geography which concerns itself with the actual shape and form of the land surface, solid rode, the configuration and extent of the seas and oceans, the enveloping atmosphere without which life as we know it cannot exist, the physical process which take place in that atmosphere. This book has been designed to cover the syllabus of physical geography required for the B.A. Students of the Indian Universities. The subject matter has been arranged so as to provide clear and integrated approach to the subject with all essential tools of applicable geography for B.A. curriculum. Care has been taken to make the treatment of the subject simple and accessible to the average students. It is believed that the book in present form will be found to be useful by the student community and the teaching fraternity alike. Suggestion for the improvement of the book will always be most welcome. Contents: Origin of the Earth, Structure of the Earth s Interior and Lithosphere, Continents and Ocean Basins, Earth s Movements and Age, Plateau and Mountain Building, Rocks and Earthquakes, Vulcanicity and Volcanoes. |
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According angular momentum Applachian basaltic basis beds block mountains called caused column companion star compressive forces concept cones continental drift continents and ocean contraction convergent cooling core crater deposited depth domes earth earth's surface earthquake endogenetic forces erosion example fact faults fissure folded mountains formation formed due gases geological geosynclines geysers gravitational force heat Himalayas Holmes horizontal igneous rocks increase India Indian plate intruding star isostasy J.A. Steers land areas landmasses lavas layer magmas mantle materials metamorphic rocks mid-oceanic ridges million minerals molten mountain building movement nebula North ocean basins oceanic crust origin Pacific Ocean Pangaea particles period planetesimals planets plate boundaries plate margins plate tectonics plateau pressure primitive sun radioactive elements resultant Richter scale rift valley rotation scientists sedimentary rocks sediments seismic waves sima solar system subduction subsidence substratum temperature thermal convective currents thickness tsunami upto velocity volcanic eruptions Wegener zones