Legacy Course Catalog
EAS 555 - Global Tectonics
| Effectivity: | 05/19/2003 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal |
| Short Title: | Global Tectonics |
| Description: | Large-scale motions and deformations of the earth's crust and mantle: present theories and historical development. Continental drift, marine geology, sea-floor spreading, plate kinematics, the driving mechanism of plate tectonics, mantle convection, subduction zones and hotspots, structure and composition of the earth, the evolution of plate tectonics and thermal history of the earth, and the earth in comparison to other planets and satellites. |
| School: | School Of Science |
| Department: | Dept Of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
