MOUNTAIN BELTS

GEOSCI/GLE 350

Methods of geophysics applied to earth structure and plate tectonics. Principles of seismology, gravity, geodesy, magnetism and heat flow.

GEOSCI/GLE 455

Principles of rock deformation, structures in layered rocks, structural analysis, intrusive structures. Lab: three-dimensional problems involving structural concepts; field trip.

GEOSCI 796

Theory and observations of earthquakes, seismic waves and plate tectonics.

GEOSCI 755

Structures in layered, intrusive, and metamorphic rocks; structural analysis.

GEOSCI/GLE 747

Elasticity and flexure of the earth's lithosphere, heat conduction, mantle convection, earthquake mechanisms, rock rheology, and fluid migration in the earth's crust; integration of geophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and theoretical models.