303963 (v.4) Tectonics and the Dynamic Earth 502
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| Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | The mechanical, thermal and chemical structure oflithospheric plates, and the driving mechanism for their relative movement. Evolution and dynamics of the Earth's core and mantle. Rifting, stretching and loading of continental crust, continental margins, ocean tectonics, mid ocean ridges, mantle plumes and continental flood basalts. Subduction zone and arc mechanics, megmatism, metamorphism and sedimentary basins. Collisional orogens, granites, channel flow and exhumation. Cratons, mobile belts and tectonic processes in Precambrian and Phanerozoic orogens. Continental growth through time and the supercontinent cycle. |
| Field of Education: | 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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