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EPSC 631 Field Studies - Orogenic Belts (3 credits)

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Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)

Administered by: Graduate Studies

Overview

Earth & Planetary Sciences : Traverse of a major orogenic belt (usually the Acadian and Taconic of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec). The principal tectonic units and the major igneous, depositional, metamorphic and tectonic events and processes. Interpretation of orogenic belts in terms of continental-margin evolution, the opening and closure of ocean basins, collision of island arcs and continents and the arrival of "rafted terrains".

Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

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