Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2013-2014
ESCI 463 - TECTONIC SYSTEMS
Long Title: STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF TECTONIC SYSTEMS
Department: *Earth Science*
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite(s): ESCI 323
Description: The distribution, origin, and evolution of various tectonic systems, and characterization of their structural and geophysical signatures, emphasizing crustal and lithospheric processes associated with tectonic deformation. Review of representative global examples of convergent and collisional margins, divergent and passive margins, and transform margins.