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INTRODUCTION:
1) THE EARTH SYSTEM: STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION. THE OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL CRUST. 2) DISTRIBUTION OF ROCKS ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE. THE ROCKS CYCLE. 3) INTRODUCTION TO PLATE BOUNDARY.

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES:
5- DISTRIBUTION AND SHAPE OF MOUNTAIN BELT; 6 – STYLE OF DEFORMATION, THRUST AND FOLD BELTS; 7-SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND FACIES DISTRIBUTION, 8- MAGMATISM; 9-10-METAMORPHISM

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES AND THE OCEANIC CRUST:
11-DISTRIBUTION AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION; 12-BACINI SEDIMENTARY AND PASSIVE MARGIN DEPOSITION: CONTINENTAL PLATFORM, SCARPS, TURBIDITIC SYSTEM. SYN, POST-RIFT; 13-VOLCANISM,OCEANIC CRUST COMPOSITION AND OPHIOLITES; 14-STYLE OF DEFOMATION;

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT STRIKE SLIP PLATE BOUNDARIES: 15-16: SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION.

INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY: DEFORMATION OF ROCKS, RHEOLOGY, MODE OF DEFORMATION, STRESS AND STRAIN, MOHR CIRCLE. BRITTLE DEFORMATION (ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION): FRACTURE, FAULTS, CLEAVAGE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLDS, PLANAR AND LINEAR FABRIC, SHEAR ZONE, MYLONITES,

INTRODUCTION TO SEDIMENTAOLOGY:
DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM (CLASTIC, CARBONATIC, EVAPORITIC). CONTINENTAL AND SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENT AND PASSIVE MARGIN. SEDIMENTOLOGICAL PROCESS AND STRUCTURES. BASICS OF SEQUENTIAL STRATIGRAPHY.

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.
E. L. PALMIERI e M. PAROTTO. IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. ZANICHELLI.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: A LABORATORY COURSE IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY,
STEHEN M. ROWLAND, ERNEST M. DUEBENDORFER, ILSA M. SCHIEFELBEIN. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Criteria for recognition of eruptive, magmatic and metamorphic rocks and relative textures in the field. Recognition of primary and secondary (tectonic) foliation in metamorphic rocks. Recognition and cartographic representation of faults, bedding and lithological contacts.

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.
E. L. PALMIERI e M. PAROTTO. IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. ZANICHELLI.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: A LABORATORY COURSE IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY,
STEHEN M. ROWLAND, ERNEST M. DUEBENDORFER, ILSA M. SCHIEFELBEIN. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

igneous petrology
classification and nomenclature of igneous rocks. igneous structures and field relationship.
diversification of magmas. magmatism and plate tectonic.
metamorphic petrology
the types of metamorphism. classification of metamorphic rocks. structures and textures of metamorphic rocks

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.

INTRODUCTION:
1) THE EARTH SYSTEM: STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION. THE OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL CRUST. 2) DISTRIBUTION OF ROCKS ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE. THE ROCKS CYCLE. 3) INTRODUCTION TO PLATE BOUNDARY.

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES:
5- DISTRIBUTION AND SHAPE OF MOUNTAIN BELT; 6 – STYLE OF DEFORMATION, THRUST AND FOLD BELTS; 7-SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND FACIES DISTRIBUTION, 8- MAGMATISM; 9-10-METAMORPHISM

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES AND THE OCEANIC CRUST:
11-DISTRIBUTION AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION; 12-BACINI SEDIMENTARY AND PASSIVE MARGIN DEPOSITION: CONTINENTAL PLATFORM, SCARPS, TURBIDITIC SYSTEM. SYN, POST-RIFT; 13-VOLCANISM,OCEANIC CRUST COMPOSITION AND OPHIOLITES; 14-STYLE OF DEFOMATION;

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT STRIKE SLIP PLATE BOUNDARIES: 15-16: SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION.

INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY: DEFORMATION OF ROCKS, RHEOLOGY, MODE OF DEFORMATION, STRESS AND STRAIN, MOHR CIRCLE. BRITTLE DEFORMATION (ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION): FRACTURE, FAULTS, CLEAVAGE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLDS, PLANAR AND LINEAR FABRIC, SHEAR ZONE, MYLONITES,

INTRODUCTION TO SEDIMENTAOLOGY:
DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM (CLASTIC, CARBONATIC, EVAPORITIC). CONTINENTAL AND SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENT AND PASSIVE MARGIN. SEDIMENTOLOGICAL PROCESS AND STRUCTURES. BASICS OF SEQUENTIAL STRATIGRAPHY.

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.
E. L. PALMIERI e M. PAROTTO. IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. ZANICHELLI.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: A LABORATORY COURSE IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY,
STEHEN M. ROWLAND, ERNEST M. DUEBENDORFER, ILSA M. SCHIEFELBEIN. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

study of marine terraces and their tectonic meaning

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