GS 534: Tectonics and Crustal Evolution
Syllabus
Composition of crust, mantle and core; plate tectonics; tectonic setting; deformation pattern and magma association, Precambrian tectonics. Phanerozoic plate tectonics. Evolution of the Himalayas and Indian Ocean. Evolution of Indian subcontinent, Ur to Rodinia to Gondwanaland.
Texts/References
- Eldridge M. Moores, Robert J. Twiss, Tectonics. Freeman and Company, 1995
- Brain F. Windley, The evolving continents, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1977
- Condie, K.C. Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, 3rd Ed. Pergamon, Oxford Press, 1989
- Valdiya, K.S. Aspects of Tectonics – Focus on south central Asia. Tata McGraw-Hill, 1984
- Kearey Phillips and Vine, F.J. Global Tectonics. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1996