This book introduces the reader to the principles of terrrane analysis,
and describes how accretion tectonics relates to classic plate tectonics
theory and what this represents in terms of mountain building and
continental growth processes. A forensic-like investigation of
continental geology is detailed, integrating many different
sub-disciplines of the Earth Sciences. The concepts outlined have a
practical bent and help to explain the nature and occurrences of
petroleum and metallic mineral deposits.