Basic knowledge on stress and strain, rheology and mechanical behaviour of rocks, brittle and ductile deformation, rheology of the lithosphere, brittle deformation (fractures, faults and classification), ductile deformation (folds and classifications, foliation and lineation), fault rocks, shear zones and kinematic indicators, plate tectonics, composition and structure of lithosphere (oceanic vs. continental), composition and structure of mantle, structure of divergent margins, rifting, ophiolites and the formation oceanic lithosphere, transform margins convergent margins and subduction, accretionary prisms, subduction metamorphism, the volcanic arc and subduction magmatism, continental collision and mountain building