Syllabus
(1) Early Earth: from magmatic ocean to the onset of plate tectonics(2) Ophiolites: tracing the seafloor within the continental crust(3) Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): obraz pohybů v zemském plášti(4) Continent break-up: from the rift valleys to hyperextended passive margins(5) Extreme motions: subduction and exhumation of high-pressure rocks(6) Lateral expansion of continents: accretionary orogens, terranes, and mélanges(7) The supercontinent cycle: linking the geologic processes with global changes
Annotation
Our planet Earth has gone through a series of dramatic changes over the past 4.5 billions of years, which shaped its present-day surface, oceans, and biosphere. With the aid of quantitative analytical methods, modern Geology explores these changes, attempts to explain their causes, and provides a more detailed information of physical and chemical processes in the Earth´s interior.
The goal of this class is to discuss some of the hottest topics of modern Geology and to integrate them into a synthetic picture at a larger scale. The class is suitable for motivated students with a deep interest in the geological processes.