GEOL 4305 - Plate Tectonics

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3305/GEOL 3105 and GEOL 3312/GEOL 3112
An examination of the earth and the various geological disciplines in the context of modern plate tectonics theory. The course will focus on the major tectonic features of the earth, and the interrelationships between tectonics and igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic processes, structural geology, geophysics, and geomorphology.