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GEOL 735

Lithospheric Dynamics

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA
Standard

Overview

Description

The course addresses heat generation and transport, rheology and strength of the lithosphere, isostasy flexure and dynamic topography.

Units

Lecture3

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Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

Terms

spring

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • describe and apply important conceptions, governing equations, and scaling relationships in different geodynamic processes.
  • identify the core geodynamic processes related to their own research.
  • discuss the complex in real geological systems and the feedbacks between different processes.