Contents

Sourced illustrations
Preface and acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Historical views
3 Plate-tectonic framework
4 The Western Mediterranean
5 The Central Mediterranean: Alps and Apennines
6 The Carpathians, the Balkans and Turkey
7 Iran to Pakistan
8 The India-Asia collision zone
9 Southeast Asia
10 The Western Pacific rim
11 The North American Cordillera
12 Central America, the Andes and Antarctica
13 The ocean ridges
14 Older Mountain Belts
Glossary
References and Further Reading
Index