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GEO X39T GEO 339T  Continental Tectonics  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Tectonic processes, with a focus on continental lithospheric structures. Subjects may include convergent margins, subduction zones, magmatic arcs, and foreland structures; collisional orogenesis, arc-continent collisions, continent-continent collision, and mountain building; formation of supercontinents; uplift and exhumation; orogenic collapse and extensional tectonics; continental rifting and passive margins; transform margins; and the effect of tectonics on climate and oceanic circulation. Geological Sciences 339T and 371C (Topic: Tectonics II) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Geological Sciences 428 with a grade of at least C-.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division