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A course on the kinematics of the lithosphere and continental crust

This course is taught by Professor Vince Cronin

Reading Assignments

Date Assigned	Date to be Completed	Reference
January 17	January 19-31	Kinematics Primer, chapter 2
January 19	January 24	Bullard, E.C., Everett, J.E., and Smith, A.G., 1965, The fit of the continents around the Atlantic, in Blackett, P.M.S., Bullard, E.C., and Runcorn, S.K., [editors], A symposium on continental drift: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, series A, v. 258, p. 41-51.
January 24	January 26	McKenzie, D., and Sclater, J.G., 1971, The evolution of the Indian Ocean since the Late Cretaceous: Geophysical Journal, Royal Astronomical Society, v. 25, p. 437-528.
January 31	February 4	Matthews, V., III, 1973, Pinnacles-Neenach correlation: a restriction for models of the origin of the Transverse Ranges and the big bend in the San Andreas Fault: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, p. 683-688.
February 7	February 9	Kinematics Primer, chapter 3
February 9	February 14-17	Kinematics Primer, chapter 4
February 14	February 21	Kinematics Primer, chapter 5

Revised 15 February 2017

Useful Textbook Treatments for Reference

Cox, A., and Hart, R.B., 1986, Plate tectonics -- how it works: Palo Alto, California, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 392 p., ISBN 0-86542-313-X.
Davis, H.F., and Snider, A.D., 1987, Introduction to vector analysis [fifth edition]: Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 365 p., ISBN 0-205-10263-8.
Le Pichon, X., Francheteau, J., and Bonnin, J., 1973, Plate tectonics: Amsterdam, Elsevier, Developments in Geotectonics 6, 300 p., ISBN 0-444-41094-5.

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