Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: *Earth Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: GLOBAL TECTONICS ***** Introduction to global tectonics, emphasizing the theory of plate tectonics, including geometrical aspects of plate tectonics, descriptions of the 3 traditional types of plate boundaries, instantaneous plate motions, finite plate motions, and the relation of plate tectonics to earthquakes and faulting. The course will also address true polar wander, the driving mechanism of plate tectonics, diffuse plate boundaries, plate nonrigidity, and intraplate tectonics.