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THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR MODULES, NOT DISTINCT IN TERMS OF CREDITS:
1. THE SEDIMENTARY BASINS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL TECTONICS. MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS SEDIMENTARY BASINS. GEOMETRY, KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF BASINS: EXTENSIONAL, FLEXURE AND STRIKE-SLIP. THE SEDIMENTARY BASINS AS THE LOCATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES (EXAMPLES APPLIED TO THE SEARCH FOR OIL AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY).
2. QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR STUDYING THE DYNAMICS AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BURIAL HISTORY, SUBSIDENCE AND THERMAL EVOLUTION; MODELING OF HYDROCARBON GENERATION STAGES (WITH TUTORIALS AND BY USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PACKAGES).
3. OPTICAL METHODS AND CHEMICAL STUDY OF FACIES AND THERMAL MATURITY OF ORGANIC MATTER DISPERSED IN SEDIMENTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DEFINITION OF PETROLEUM CHARGE: COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES OF PRODUCTION, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE OF DISPERSED ORGANIC MATTER IN SEDIMENTS, CLASSIFICATION AND THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF KEROGEN DURING EOGENESIS; MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES OF FORMATION OF SOURCE ROCKS (PRESENT-DAY AND PAST CASE HISTORIES WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE WORLD), AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF KEROGEN AND HYDROCARBONS GENERATION (CATAGENESIS AND METAGENESIS PHASES), HINTS ON PRIMARY MIGRATION. OUTLINE ON OTHER METHODS AIMING AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PALEO-THERMAL CONSTRAINTS AND THERMO-CHRONOLOGICAL IN DIAGENESIS (THERMAL HISTORY AT A LOW TEMPERATURE, MINERALOGY OF CLAYS, PETROGRAPHY AND MICRO-THERMOMETRY OF FLUID INCLUSIONS).
4. DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPLORATION PROJECT ON THE THERMAL EVOLUTION OF A SEDIMENTARY BASIN WITH CASE HISTORIES FROM THE ITALIAN TERRITORY, THROUGH THE USE OF A COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PACKAGE.

ALLEN P.A. & ALLEN R.R. (2005) – "BASIN ANALYSIS PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS". 2A ED., BLACKWELL, OXFORD.
KATZ B. (ED.) (1994) – "PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCKS", 2A ED. SPRINGER VERLAG, BERLIN.
HUNT J.M. (1996) – "PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY". W.H. FREEMAN AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
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