GLOBAL TECTONICS

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

Geometrical aspects of plate tectonics, the 3 traditional types of plate boundaries, instantaneous plate motions, earthquakes and faulting, space geodesy, geomagnetic reversals, paleomagnetic poles, hotspots, "absolute" plate motion, true polar wander, driving forces, diffuse plate boundaries, plate nonrigidity, and rheology of the lithosphere. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: EEPS 660 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for EEPS 460 if student has credit for EEPS 660 .