Marine Seismic Tectonics
Course ID: D86013H4
Credits: 3
Course Prerequisites: None
Course Description and Goals:
Plate motion and sedimentation of marine tectonics are introduced in this course. The interaction among marine tectonics, seismicity and submarine resources (e.g., petroleum, gas and hydrate) are also investigated.
Schedule Type:
Recent Papers Published in SCI Journals
Course Schedule (subject to change):
Plate Subduction
(5 weeks) Arc-Trench System－Trench, forearc basin, accretionary prism, thrust fault, folding, seismogeneic structure Backarc Spreading－Submarine volcano, geothermal venting Arc-Continent Collision
(3 weeks) Orogenic belt, suture zone, magmatism Plate Reorganization
(2 weeks) Transpression－Fracture zone, secondary ridge, incipient subduction Continent-Ocean Transition
(5 weeks) Continental Shelf Continental Slope－Ridge, canyon, normal fault Old submarine volcano, oceanic basin Foreland Basin
(3 weeks) Depression, basement rise, fault zone