Università Roma Tre

PROVIDE THE TECTONICS FOUNDATIONS: ORIGIN OF DEFORMATIVE ELEMENTS, THEIR ARCHITECTURE, EVOLUTION AND GEODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK;
HIGHLIGHT THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TECTONICS AND BOTH SHALLOW (SEDIMENTATION, EROSION, …) AND DEEP (MANTLE CONVECTION) PROCESSES;
INTRODUCE THE MAIN METHODOLOGIES ADOPTED TO STUDY THE TECTONICS;

EACH ARGUMENT WILL BE PRESENTED OFFERING AN INITIAL BASIC THEORETICAL BACKGROUND WHICH WILL BE SUBSEQUENTLY IMPLEMENTED BY THE WIDEST RANGE OF UPDATED INTERPRETATIONS AND NATURAL EXAMPLES. STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE TO THE CLASS ACTIVITIES (E.G. READING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, CLASS PARTICIPATION, IN-CLASS PRESENTATIONS). THIS CLASS INVOLVES ALSO PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN MODELING RELEVANT PRESENTED TECTONIC PROBLEMS.