Date Day Topic Discussion
 J. 27 T Course Introduction -get organized
29 Th No-class-Trying to find a time for class..
F 3 T Introduction- Bucher's Laws
e 5 Th Tectonic observations Heezen Tharp Map - Etc
b 10 T Structure of the Earth, Mantle I Adiabats etc...
r 12 Th Plumes and Ridges
u 17 T Ocean Crust, Ridges Heezen Tharp map
a 19 Th Heat Flow - Ocean Crust
r 24 T Petrology of Ocean Crust-Ridges Forces on plates
y 26 Th Subduction, Introduction The Bending of Plates
M 3 T Island Arcs Indonesia, Japan...
a 5 Th Island Arcs - Geochemistry
r 10 T Vector motion of plates Cox Exercises
c 12 Th Paleomag. Cox Exercises
h 17 T No class; Spring Break
19 Th No class; Spring Break
24 T Ocean-Continent collision Isostacy
26 Th Island Arcs - Geochemistry The Andes
31 T Accretionary prisms Alaska
A 2 Th Continental Crust Introduction Balanced sections - crit. wedge
p 7 T Continent-continent collision Nappes, Alps
r 9 Th Terranes, General
i 14 T Continental Crust Introduction The nature of the lower crust
l 16 Th Continent-continent collision P-T-t Paths
21 T No class-Monday classes followed
23 Th Metamorphism & collision Extensional boundaries
28 T Delamination, An alternative model... Rifting
30 Th Continental Extension Rifting
M 5 T Rifts
a 7 Th Strike-slip tectonics
y 12 T PC Tectonics, United Plates
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