Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:3, Tt:1, Lb:0]
- Introduction: Earth and its early history. Differentiation of earth into crust, mantle and core, Internal structure of the Earth.
- Plate Tectonics: Development of theory of plate tectonics. Mechanism of plate-tectonics: Mantle convection, The forces acting on plates.
- Plate boundary processes: Spreading centers, subduction zones, collision zones and transform faults. Physiography, structure, magmatism, metamorphism and sedimentation along plate boundaries.
- Origin and evolution of land: Origin and evolution of continental-crust. Supercontinent cycles.
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- Windley, B.F., The evolving continents, John Wiley & Sons (1995).
- Molnar, P., Plate Tectonics, A very short introduction, Oxford University Press (2015).
- Condie, K.C., Plate Tectonics and Continental Evolution, Pergamom Press Inc (1989).
