Geol.840 PLATE TECTONICS & KINEMETIC OF PLATE MOVEMENTS (3 C.H)
Concept of lithospheric plates and microplates, plate boundaries and their types, geologic and geophysical evidences of plate boundaries, types of geologic and geophysical process associated with different types of plate boundaries, different ideas about driving mechanism of plates, vertical movements, angular displacement, velocity, and rotation axes of plates, changes in tectonic setting of plates with time, case studies.
Books Recommended:- Structural geology by Twiss, R.J. and Moores, E.M., 2007. 2nd Edition, Freeman and Company, New York.
- Structural geology of rocks and regions by Davis, G.H. and Reynolds, S.J., 1996. 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, New York.
- Principles of Structural Geology by Suppe, J., 1985. Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Global Tectonics by Keary, P. and Wine, F., 1990. Blackwell Scientific Publications, London.