Major features of the Earth and plate tectonics
Driving mechanisms for plates, slab retreat and advance, and a cause of orogenesis
Physical and chemical principles : rock deformation, isostasy, geochronology and heat production in the lithosphere
Large-scale features of orogens : thrusts and folds
Lateral spreading of orogens : foreland propagation, channel flow and weak zones in the crust
The erosion and exhumation of mountains
Sedimentary history of the foredeep basins
Deep structure, mountain support and phase changes
Secular change in orogeney.
