Università Roma Tre

ASTRONOMICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARTH (THE EARTH AND THE CELESTIAL SPHERE, MEASUREMENT OF TIME, THE SIZE OF THE EARTH). THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM (ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS OF LONG AND SHORT ORBITAL PERIODS; THE PLANETARY ORBITS FACTORS AND CLIMATE CONTROL). THE FORMATION OF THE PLANET AND THE INTERACTION WITH THE COSMIC ENVIRONMENT (METEORITES AND FORMATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM; ACCRETION OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS. THE EARTH AND METEORITES; THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM). THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; LYELL’s PRINCIPLES OF UNIFORMITARIANISM. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION. THE EARTH SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERACTION: ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, BIOSPHERE AND GEOSPHERE. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH: OCEANS AND CONTINENTS. THE UNIFYING THEORY: PLATE TECTONICS. ROCK FORMING MINERALS. ROCK CLASSIFICATION. IGNEOUS ROCKS: CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA. ORIGIN OF MAGMA AND ITS GEODYNAMIC MEANING. VOLCANOES: TYPES AND VOLCANIC PRODUCTS. ALTERATION PROCESSES AND THE GENESIS OF SOILS. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. METAMORPHIC ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKES: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND DISTRIBUTION, TSUNAMI. ROCK DEFORMATION: FAULT AND FOLDS. ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF MOUNTAIN CHAINS. THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN GEOLOGY: PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY, THE FOSSIL RECORD, RADIOMETRIC DATING, GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE.
PRACTICE
LABORATORY EXPERIENCES ON THE MACROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN LITHOLOGIES AND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY, FOUR-DAYS FIELD TRIP IN THE PRENESTINI MTS. AND COLLI ALBANI AREAS FOCUSED ON MAPPING GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES.
VISIT TO THE CLEMENTINA (S. MARIA DEGLI ANGELI) MERIDIAN.

PRESS F. & SIEVER R. – CAPIRE LA TERRA. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
TARBUCK E.J., LUTGENS F.K. & TOZZI M. – SCIENZE DELLA TERRA. – PRINCIPATO, MILANO.
LUPIA PALMIERI E. & PAROTTO M. – IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. – ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
PRESS F. & SIEVER R. – UNDERSTANDING EARTH, 4A ED. (INTEGRATO CON UN CD) – FREEMAN & CO., NEW YORK.
LUTGENS F.K. & TARBUCK E.J. – ESSENTIALS OF GEOLOGY. – PEARSON INTERNATIONAL EDITION.

ASTRONOMICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARTH (THE EARTH AND THE CELESTIAL SPHERE, MEASUREMENT OF TIME, THE SIZE OF THE EARTH). THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM (ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS OF LONG AND SHORT ORBITAL PERIODS; THE PLANETARY ORBITS FACTORS AND CLIMATE CONTROL). THE FORMATION OF THE PLANET AND THE INTERACTION WITH THE COSMIC ENVIRONMENT (METEORITES AND FORMATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM; ACCRETION OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS. THE EARTH AND METEORITES; THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM). THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; LYELL’s PRINCIPLES OF UNIFORMITARIANISM. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION. THE EARTH SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERACTION: ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, BIOSPHERE AND GEOSPHERE. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH: OCEANS AND CONTINENTS. THE UNIFYING THEORY: PLATE TECTONICS. ROCK FORMING MINERALS. ROCK CLASSIFICATION. IGNEOUS ROCKS: CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA. ORIGIN OF MAGMA AND ITS GEODYNAMIC MEANING. VOLCANOES: TYPES AND VOLCANIC PRODUCTS. ALTERATION PROCESSES AND THE GENESIS OF SOILS. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. METAMORPHIC ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKES: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND DISTRIBUTION, TSUNAMI. ROCK DEFORMATION: FAULT AND FOLDS. ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF MOUNTAIN CHAINS. THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN GEOLOGY: PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY, THE FOSSIL RECORD, RADIOMETRIC DATING, GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE.
PRACTICE
LABORATORY EXPERIENCES ON THE MACROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN LITHOLOGIES AND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY, FOUR-DAYS FIELD TRIP IN THE PRENESTINI MTS. AND COLLI ALBANI AREAS FOCUSED ON MAPPING GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES.
VISIT TO THE CLEMENTINA (S. MARIA DEGLI ANGELI) MERIDIAN.

PRESS F. & SIEVER R. - CAPIRE LA TERRA. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
TARBUCK E.J., LUTGENS F.K. & TOZZI M. - SCIENZE DELLA TERRA. - PRINCIPATO, MILANO.
LUPIA PALMIERI E. & PAROTTO M. - IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. - ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
PRESS F. & SIEVER R. - UNDERSTANDING EARTH, 4A ED. (INTEGRATO CON UN CD) - FREEMAN & CO., NEW YORK.
LUTGENS F.K. & TARBUCK E.J. - ESSENTIALS OF GEOLOGY. - PEARSON INTERNATIONAL EDITION.