Abstract
The tectonostratigraphic terrane concept, like the theory of plate tectonics, is perfect subject matter for first-year geology courses because it unifies a wide variety of data from multiple earth science disciplines. We have incorporated the terrane concept into our curriculum at the University of Arizona as a two- to three-week laboratory exercise that serves as the final project in Historical Geology. This exercise requires the students to convert lithostratigraphic columns into chronostratigraphic columns, infer paleolatitude using paleomagnetic data, interpret depositions environments from sedimentary fades descriptions, determine the timing of deformation and terrane collision by analysis of cross-cutting relationships, construct simple models for past plate-tectonic regimes, and finally, synthesize the results of all of these activities into a comprehensive geologic history. We provide the students with detailed instructions, a straight forward method for organizing the large mass of data and plent...
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