Published January 1963 | Version Published
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Earthquakes and Mountains Around the Pacific

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Even after a century of intensive study, the problem of the origin of mountain systems remains as possibly the greatest enigma of the earth sciences. Specifically, what is the origin of mountain- building forces, and how are these forces manifested in the crustal rocks of the earth's surface?

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© 1963 California Institute of Technology.

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