The Origin of Mountains - Revision history

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	\| author = [[Cliff Ollier]]		\| author = [[Cliff Ollier]]
			\| language = English
			\| subject = Geomorphology, tectonics
	\| published = 2000		\| published = 2000
	\| publisher = [[Routledge]]		\| publisher = [[Routledge]]
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	''The Origin of Mountains'' ~~rejects~~ the ~~well-known hypothesis~~ that plate ~~tectonics~~ and folding ~~creates mountains~~ and ~~present a new theory for their formation. The authors~~ argue that mountains arose by vertical uplift of a former ~~plain~~, ~~and by a mixture of~~ cracking and warping by earth movements, and erosion by water. ~~Cliff Ollier goes on to explore whether~~ mountain building ~~could~~ have ~~been responsible for~~ the onset of the ice age. ~~This highly illustrated~~ book draws ~~in evidence from~~ mountain ranges ~~all over~~ the ~~world~~.		'''''The Origin of Mountains''''' is a 2000 book by the geomorphologists [[Cliff Ollier]] and Colin Pain, published by Routledge.

			==Overview==

			The book challenges the standard view that mountains are produced by plate-tectonic collision and folding. Ollier and Pain argue instead that most mountains arose by the '''vertical uplift''' of former plains, combined with cracking and warping by earth movements and subsequent erosion by water. They present evidence that this uplift occurred largely within the last few million years — a timing they say does not fit plate-tectonic accounts — and note that mountain building correlates with climatic change, suggesting it may have helped trigger the onset of the ice age. The book draws on mountain ranges worldwide and is heavily illustrated.

			==About the authors==

			Cliff Ollier is an Australian geologist and geomorphologist, Emeritus Professor at the University of New England and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, known for work on landforms, volcanoes, and tectonics — and for heterodox views on mountain building and (relatedly) on Earth expansion. Colin Pain is an Australian geomorphologist.

			==Publication details==

			* '''Authors:''' [[Cliff Ollier]] and Colin Pain
			* '''Publisher:''' [[Routledge]]
			* '''Published:''' 2000
			* '''Pages:''' 344
			* '''ISBN:''' 0415198909

	==Links to Purchase Book==		==Links to Purchase Book==

	* [~~[http~~://www.amazon.com/Origin-Mountains-Cliff-Ollier/dp/0415198909 The Origin of Mountains]~~][[Category:Book\|origin mountains]]~~		* [https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Mountains-Cliff-Ollier/dp/0415198909 The Origin of Mountains] (Amazon)

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	* [[http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Mountains-Cliff-Ollier/dp/0415198909 The Origin of Mountains]][[Category:Book]]		* [[http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Mountains-Cliff-Ollier/dp/0415198909 The Origin of Mountains]][[Category:Book\|origin mountains]]

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{{Infobox book
| name = The Origin of Mountains
| image = The Origin of Mountains 802.jpg
| author = [[Cliff Ollier]]
| published = 2000
| publisher = [[Routledge]]
| pages = 344
| isbn = 0415198909
}}

''The Origin of Mountains'' rejects the well-known hypothesis that plate tectonics and folding creates mountains and present a new theory for their formation. The authors argue that mountains arose by vertical uplift of a former plain, and by a mixture of cracking and warping by earth movements, and erosion by water. Cliff Ollier goes on to explore whether mountain building could have been responsible for the onset of the ice age. This highly illustrated book draws in evidence from mountain ranges all over the world.

==Links to Purchase Book==

* [[http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Mountains-Cliff-Ollier/dp/0415198909 The Origin of Mountains]][[Category:Book]]

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