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Introduction to a tectonically unique planet -- Geotectonics, plate tectonics and related terms -- Plate tectonics: a unifying theory for the earth sciences -- Deformation, stress and strain -- Our dynamic planet -- Forces and stress -- Deformation -- Deformation history and flow -- Rheology and mechanics -- Deformation structures -- Microstructures, stress, strain rate and crustal strength -- Stress in the crust -- Heat, isostasy, petrology and basins -- Gravity and isostasy -- Heat production, heat transfer -- Magmatic petrology -- Metamorphism and metamorphic reactions -- Sedimentary basins -- Earth, its interior and how it works -- Early theories and new sources of information -- Structure of our planet -- Physics and dynamics -- Plates, plumes and kinematics -- Historic perspective -- Plates and plate boundaries -- Hotspots, plumes and Large Igneous Provinces -- Absolute vs relative plate motions -- Euler poles and plate motion on a sphere -- Paleomagnetism and polar wander paths -- The Wilson cycle -- Continental drift reconstructions -- Continental rifting -- Definition and characteristics -- Rift initiation: why and how -- Continental rifting and tectonic setting -- Rift magmatism -- Wide versus narrow rifts -- Structural characteristics and evolution -- Rift basins -- Passive continental margins -- Perspective on passive margins -- Characteristics and variations -- Rift to drift - the Red Sea example -- Volcanic versus magma-poor margins -- Strain, width and rheology -- Location of new oceans -- Subsidence, uplift and depositional patterns -- Gravity, salt and mud -- The South Atlantic case -- Transform continental margins -- Seafloor spreading -- Oceanic lithosphere -- The making of oceanic crust -- Hydrothermal activity and ocean floor metamorphism -- Fast and slow spreading -- Oceanic core complexes -- Ophiolites -- Oceanic transform faults and fracture zones -- Ocean floor lineaments -- Characteristics of oceanic transform faults -- Oceanic fracture zones -- Continental strike-slip -- Characteristics of strike-slip faults -- Continental transform faults -- Intracontinental strike-slip -- Oceanic subduction -- Subduction system from planetary scale to plate boundary -- The arc-trench region -- Subduction kinematics -- Subduction dynamics -- Subduction seismicity and slab dip -- The fate of slabs -- Subduction initiation -- Accretionary orogeny -- Mountain belts - an introduction -- Oceanic and accretionary orogens -- Arc collisions -- Microcontinents on the move -- The Andes: accretion onto an active continental margin -- Terrane accretion: the North American Cordillera -- Sierra Nevada magmatic arc and the Sevier orogeny -- Surface processes, climate and biodiversity -- Collisional orogeny -- Collisional and intracontinental orogens -- The anatomy of a collisional orogen -- The evolution of collisional orogens -- Intracontinental orogeny -- Erosional and depositional patterns -- Orogenic belts - case studies --Introduction -- The Alps -- Himalaya-Tibet -- SW Scandinavian Caledonides - deep and cool continental subduction -- The hot Grenville orogen -- Formation of Earth, early tectonics, and continental growth -- Early Earth's tectonics -- Formation of our terrestrial planet -- Hadean tectonics -- Continental growth through time -- Evolution into modern tectonics -- Archean tectonics -- Proterozoic tectonics - Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents -- Phanerozoic tectonics - Gondwana and Pangea. |