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This course will focus on tectonic and structural aspects of convergent and divergent plate margins. It will give an overview on subduction zones, collisional orogens as well as extensional margins and rift. We will be seeking to discover what structural geology can tell us about mountain building processes, relationships between deformation and metamorphism and the feedback between tectonics and climate.
This course will focus on tectonic and structural aspects of convergent and divergent plate margins. It will give an overview on subduction zones, collisional orogens as well as extensional margins and rift. We will be seeking to discover what structural geology can tell us about mountain building processes, relationships between deformation and metamorphism and the feedback between tectonics and climate.Core MaterialIntroductory structural geology and tectonics.Subduction complexes and tectonic evolution of accretionary wedges.Tectonic evolution of collisional mountain belts.Extension at convergent plate margins and core complexes.Continental rifting.Applications of strainContractional vs extensional structures.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Topics will be covered using PowerPoint presentations. Students will be asked to do background or follow-up reading, and will occasionally have some set problems to tackle. In the second part of the course selected topics will be pursued, one of which will be chosen by each student for an assessed oral seminar presentation.
Uwe Ring
Davis, George H. , Reynolds, Stephen J; Structural geology of rocks and regions ; 2nd ed. ; John Wiley, 1996.
Moores, Eldridge M. , Twiss, Robert J; Tectonics ; W.H. Freeman & Co, 1995.
Ramsay, John G. , Huber, Martin I., Lisle, Richard J; The techniques of modern structural geology ; Academic Press, 1983.
Van der Pluijm, Ben A. , Marshak, Stephen; Earth structure : an introduction to structural geology and tectonics ; 2nd ed; W.W. Norton, 2004.
Domestic fee $635.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Geological Sciences .