This module is a synthesis of geodynamic processes and their geological consequences across a range of scales from atoms to minerals to mountain belts to the whole mantle. You will learn about how rocks can deform even while solid, and how those deformation mechanisms are controlled by temperature and how they lead to our dynamic Earth. You will study mountain belts that are understood through study of the mineralogy of metamorphic rocks which fingerprint changing pressures and temperatures, and through unravelling the timings of events using radiogenic isotopes. You will be taught through lectures and practicals and assessed on both theoretical and practical aspects.