GS 270: Plate Tectonics
Winter Semester 1998
Tuesday-Thursday 10:00-11:30 a.m.
3540 C.C. Little Building
Prof: Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
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SYLLABUS
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Complete Syllabus
LECTURES
 
History
Phenomenology
Kinematics
Dynamics
  • The Nature of Earth Sciences
  •  Composition and Structure of the Earth
  • The Dynamic Earth
  • From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics
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  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanoes
  • Mountain Building
  • Continental and Oceanic Crust
  • Discovery of the Seafloor I: topography, morphology and structure
  • Discovery of the Seafloor II: Ridges 
  •  Discovery of the Seafloor III: Trenches
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  • Seafloor Spreading I
  • Seafloor Spreading II
  • Subduction Zones
  • Transform Faults
  • Plate Tectonic Summary
  • Plate Motions I: Relative Motions
  •  Plate Motions II: Absolute Motions (Hotspots)
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  • Plate Dynamics I: Heat and Convection
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