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