EASC 309: Global Tectonics
| Credits: | 3 |
Pre-requisites: | EASC 201, 204, 205, 206, & 207 |
Lecture (hrs/week): | 2 |
| Terms: | Fall |
Co-requisites: | None |
Lab (hrs/week): | 3 |
| Instructors: | Gibson, Struik | Quantitative | |||
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Description:
The Plate Tectonics paradigm is the fundamental basis for all aspects of our current understanding of the Earth Sciences. We
will examine the fundamentals of plate tectonics, mechanics of plate motions, characteristics of major plate boundaries, neotectonics,
formation of orogenic belts, tectonic controls on major sedimentary basins, tectonic controls on the formation and location of all
major economic deposits (metal, hydrocarbon and industrial), the evolution of tectonic processes over time, tectonic controls on climate
change and the evolution of life, and many other aspects of how plate tectonics drives our planet. Student seminars will provide in depth
information on specific topics. Labs will include simple exercises in plate motions, paleomagnetics, structural geology and use of G.I.S.
systems to study tectonic systems. There will be a field trip the weekend of Oct 2, 3.
Students should budget about $20-40 for general expenses and accomodation during this trip (a course fee of $30 will offset the
transportation and miscellaneous other trip expenses).
Tectonics E.M. Moores and R.J. Twiss, 1995, W.H. Freeman, New York, 415 p.