Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes

Marvellous geological adventure story

Simon Lamb

335 pages, 36 b/w photos, 38 illus.

Princeton University Press

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Softcover | 2006 | #157960 | ISBN: 0691126208

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Preface vii Prologue xi Part One Chapter One Devil in the Mountain 3 Chapter Two A Mountain of a Problem 13 Chapter Three A Geological Reconnaissance 38 Chapter Four Jeeps, Motorbikes, and Other Things 65 Part Two Chapter Five Looking for the Source of Ancient Rivers 85 Chapter Six Putting Down Roots 121 Chapter Seven A Curvaceous Shape 177 Part Three Chapter Eight A Sort of Fudge Cake 207 Chapter Nine The Subterranean Furnace 248 Chapter Ten Putting Up Barriers 277 Selected Glossary 313 Further Reading 319 Index 327

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