Earth and Space Sciences - Course Catalog - Local Copy

Last Update for Local Data: September 8th, 2009. For an up-to-date copy, please check at the UCLA Registrar's Office Catalog Site.

Number	Course Title	Level	Units
119	Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics	Upper Division	4
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 1 or 1H or 100. Designed for juniors/seniors. Classical concepts of sedimentation and tectonics. Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift and ensuing controversy. Physiography of continents and oceans. Geophysical evidence regarding nature of ocean floor. Magnetic stratigraphy. Seafloor spreading. Plate tectonic model and its driving mechanisms. Tectonic, igneous, and metamorphic processes at plate boundaries.

Course Offered... (from Schedule of Classes)

	Term	Instructor	Sec	Class Title
Course Web Page	S08	BIRD, G.P.	1
Course Web Page	S09	BIRD, G.P.	1
Course Web Page	S10	TBA	0