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GEOS 362 - Plate Tectonics

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 4

Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in GEOS 200 
Description: Introduction to formal theory of plate tectonics. Topics include magnetic anomalies, first motion studies, thermal structures of the plates, kinematics, crustal generation, sea floor spreading, collision, and subduction deformation.


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