The course is addressed to undergraduate students who know and understand the basic principles of Geology and Structural Geology. The aim of the course is for students to acquire advanced knowledges and skills on themes related with the motions of the lithospheric plates, the mechanism that control the motions as well as the processes (e.g., deformation, magmatism, metamorphism) that are associated with that motions.

• By the end of this course the student will be able to:
• Know and understand the earth structure
• Know and understand the structure and variation in the earth crust
• Know and understand the types of plate motions
• Know and understand the forces and the mechanisms that control the plate motions
• Know and understand the processes such as deformation, magmatism and metamorphism, which are related with the divergent, convergent and collision of lithospheric plates
• Distinguish regions of the earth crust, which have been formed due to plate motions, from regions which are characterized by limited plate motion
• Understand the importance of plate motions in the development of orogenic belts

• Searching, analysis and synthesis of facts and information, as well as using the necessary technologies
• Autonomous (Independent) work
• Group work
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking 

The course content includes the following chapters:

1. Kokkalas, S. 2012. Geodynamics. Univ. Patras Publ.
2. Frisch W, Meschede M., Blakey R., 2011. Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building. Springer.