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2019-2020 Graduate School Course Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate School Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EASC 5210 - Lithospheric Movements (3)


This course will present the latest research on insights into the physical and chemical characteristics and processes that produce such geologic features as hydrocarbon and ore deposits and events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides. The focus is primarily on the constitution of the earth’s lithosphere, which includes the upper mantle, crust, continents, and plates. A great deal of emphasis is placed on plate tectonics, which has provided earth scientists with a working model of the earth as a whole. Plate tectonics represents a unifying concept of global structure and composition, it is a fresh context for viewing earth history, and it is also a framework into which to set detailed local geo-science studies. (Laboratory Required).


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