Syllabus
1) Composition of the continental and oceanic lithosphere and their development in space and time
2) Heat flow in the lithosphere
3) Strength of the lithosphere
4) Plate tectonics forces - the role of body forces
5) Metamorphism in collisional zones and orogens
6) Metamorphism and interaction of crust and mantle during subduction
7) Geotectonic setting of magmatism and its role in orogen dynamics
8) Orogeny through time - continental crust in space and time
9) Dynamics of suprasubduction regions - Andes + Japan
10) Cold orogens - Alps
11) Hot orogens - Bohemian Massif
Annotation
The course is taught in English when at least one international student is enrolled. Advanced course in geotectonics and litosphere scale deformation processes designed for graduate students in structural geology, petrology and geology.
Main subjects of the course are evolution of oceanic and continental crust, heat flow within the lithosphere, mechanical properties of the lithosphere, metamorphism of orogenic and subduction domains, and rifted realms and orogenic belts.