Tectonics and Orogenic Systems
The large-scale evolution of continents: rifting, subduction, collision and the assembly of North America.
GEOL-410 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Earth Sciences
Course content
- 1The lithosphere and mantle convectionComing
- 2Plate kinematicsComing
- 3Rifting and the birth of oceansComing
- 4Subduction zones and magmatic arcsComing
- 5Continental collisionComing
- 6Transform plate boundariesComing
- 7Accreted terranes of the CordilleraComing
- 8The Canadian Shield and Precambrian tectonicsComing
- 9Supercontinent cyclesComing
- 10Exhumation and thermochronologyComing
- 11Tectonics, climate and erosionComing
- 12Capstone: the tectonic evolution of the North American CordilleraComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
The large-scale evolution of continents: rifting, subduction, collision and the assembly of North America.
Part of the Science stream, typically taken in year 4.