Course synopsis
WEEK 1 Early theories and
Continental Drift and Alfred Wegener
WEEK 2 Sea floor spreading, Harry
Hess and work in the 1960s. Vine and Matthews
Hypothesis.
WEEK 3 Vine and Matthews
Hypothesis. Paleomagnetic theory
WEEK 4 Plate tectonic theory and
plate boundaries
WEEK 5 Volcanic Hazards associated
with Plate Boundaries
WEEK 6 Two volcanic case studies
associated with plate tectonics, Mount Pinatubo and Mao Loa.
WEEK 7 Earthquakes and their relationship
plate boundaries
WEEK 8 Two earthquake case
studies, Port au Prince, Haiti and L’Aquila, Italy.
WEEK 9 Tsunamis, causes and
characteristics, two case studies, The Indian Ocean 2004 and Japanese Tsunami
2011
WEEK 10 Mountain Building and the
link to plate tectonics.
Book your place
| Time/Place | Price | Sessions | Quantity |
|---|
About the teacher
John King
I am a semi retired Head of Geography who has taught in Secondary Education for 32 years at 4 different schools. I established a keen interest in weather forecasting...
