2,000+ Free Courses with Certificates: Coding, AI, SQL, and More
AI, Data Science & Cloud Certificates from Google, IBM & Meta
Overview
Google, IBM & Meta Certificates – 40% Off
One Coursera Plus subscription covers most Professional Certificates on Coursera.
Unlock All Certificates
This course explains mountain building through plate tectonics, focusing on subduction zones, volcanic and continental arcs, accretion, continental collisions, and the uplift and collapse of mountain belts. Examples include the Andes, North American Cordillera, Himalayas, and Appalachians.
Syllabus
Mountain Building
Subduction Zones
Volcanism
Subduction
For Arc and Back Arc
Back Arc Spreading
Island Arc Mountain Building
Andean Mountain Building
Primary Magma
Batholith
Acclimationary Wedge
Coastal Ranges
North American Cordillera
accretion and orogenesis
continental collisions
Himalayas
Tibetan Plateau
The Himalayas
Appalachians
Taconic Arc
Akkadian
Africa
Basin Range
Two Theories
Wooden Blocks
Compressional Forces
Isostatic uplift
Gravitational collapse
Mantle convection
Crustal subsidence
Taught by
Sven Holbik