GEOLOGY 3013 - Tectonics III
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| Course Code | GEOLOGY 3013 |
| Course | Tectonics III |
| Coordinating Unit | School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences |
| Term | Semester 1 |
| Mode | Internal |
| Level | Undergraduate |
| Location/s | North Terrace |
| Units | 3 |
| Contact | Up to 5 hours per week |
| Prerequisites | Not applicable |
| Corequisites | Not applicable |
| Incompatible | GEOLOGY 3002 |
| Assumed Knowledge | GEOLOGY 2500, GEOLOGY 2501 or GEOLOGY 2007 & GEOLOGY 2502 or GEOLOGY 2006 |
| Restrictions | Not applicable |
| Quota | Not applicable |
| Course Description | This course will develop knowledge of the Earth as a four-dimensional dynamic system. The megascopic structure of the earth -oceanic and continental crust and lithosphere, and the asthenosphere, will be introduced and compared. The basic dynamic potentials acting on the Earth (heat, gravity) will be examined, and their diverse first order effects explored (isostasy, convection, exhumation, pluming). The concepts of rifting and ocean formation will be examined, as will those of subduction and mantle plumes. Processes of orogenesis will be examined in depth. Recent and Mesozoic evidence (structural, geochemical, geophysical, sedimentological) for the operation of these processes will be examined. We will examine evidence and constraints on interpretation of these processes operating in past geological eras: the Palaeozoic, Proterozoic and Archaean. Emphasis will be placed upon understanding examples from the tectonic evolution of the Australian Plate. Details of field trip communicated at start of the course. |
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