Università Roma Tre

INTRODUCTION AND PRINCIPLES. GEODYNAMICS OF PLATE TECTONICS: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, PLATE MARGINS, PLATE MOTION AND ROTATION, INTERACTION WITH OCEANS. CONTINUUM MECHANICS APPLIED TO MACRO-SYSTEMS: STRESS AND STRAIN, ELASTICITY, DEFORMATION, FLEXURE, ROCK RHEOLOGY. FAULTING AND EXTENSIONAL FRACTURING. GRAVITY. GEODYNAMICS OF THE EARTH LITHOSPHERE. OVERVIEW OF PLANETARY GEODYNAMICS. APPLICATION OF GEODYNAMICS IN THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL (MINERAL AND ENERGY) RESOURCES.

- GEODYNAMICS: SECOND EDITION, TURCOTTE, D. L. AND SCHUBERT, G., JOHN WILEY & SONS, NEW YORK, 2002 (AVAILABLE AT BAST).

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