REGIONAL GEOLOGY
(objectives)
TO PROVIDE BASIC INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS TO PERFORM REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL ANALYSES; TO GIVE BASIC INSTRUMENTS FOR READING, INTERPRETING, AND UTILIZING REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL MAPS; TO GIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE CIRCUM-MEDITERRANEAN AREA.
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Code
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20402403 |
Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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GEO/03
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Contact Hours
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38
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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MATTEI MASSIMO
(syllabus)
1) TECTONIC STRUCTURE GENERAL AREA CIRCUM - MEDITERRANEAN. PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTIONS AND MAIN EVENTS GEODYNAMIC. GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTIONS. 2) THE CALEDONIAN AND HERCYNIAN OROGENESIS IN EUROPE; THE CIMMERIAN OROGENESIS. 3) THE PALEOGEOGRAPHICAL EVOLUTION OF THE PALEOTETHYAN AND NEOTETHYAN OCEANS. THE AFRICA-EUROPE KUNEMATICS AND THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; THE ALPS; THE REGIONAL NAPPE STRUCTURE OF THE ALPS; METAMORPHIC FACIES DISTRIBUTION IN THE ALPINE CHAIN; AGE OF THE SILICICLASTIC FLYSCH DEPOSITS OF THE ALPS. THE WESTERN ALPS: STRUCTURAL SETTING AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE DEFORMATION. THE ALPINE CHAIN: SUBSURFACE DATA FROM SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES CROP-ECORS, NFP20. 4) THE CIRCUM-MEDITERRANEAN REGION: EVOLUTION OF THE METAMORPHIC CORES AND OF THE CHAIN-FOREDEEP SYSTEMS; BACK-ARC BASINS; PRESENT-DAY KINEMATICS.
(reference books)
- AA.VV. – ARTICOLI SCIENTIFICI PUBBLICATI SU RIVISTE NAZIONALI E INTERNAZIONALI, CONSIGLIATI DAL DOCENTE DURANTE IL CORSO. - AA.VV.- CARTOGRAFIA GEOLOGICA REGIONALE A VARIE SCALE. - AA.VV. GUIDE GEOLOGICHE REGIONALI, A CURA DELLA SOCIETÀ GEOLOGICA ITALIANA. BE-MA EDITRICE MILANO. - BALLY A.W., CATALANO R. & OLDOW J. – ELEMENTI DI TETTONICA REGIONALE. PITAGORA EDITRICE BOLOGNA. - BIGI G., COSENTINO D., PAROTTO M., SARTORI R. & SCANDONE P. (COORDS) – STRUCTURAL MODEL OF ITALY. SHEETS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. SCALE 1:500,000. QUADERNI DE “LA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA”, 114, VOL. 3. CNR. - BIGI G., CASTELLARIN A., CATALANO R., COLI M., COSENTINO D., DAL PIAZ G.V., LENTINI F., PAROTTO M., PATACCA E., PRATURLON A., SALVINI F., SARTORI R., SCANDONE P. & VAI G.B. – SYNTHETIC STRUCTURAL-KINEMATIC MAP OF ITALY. SCALE 1:500,000. QUADERNI DE “LA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA”, 114, VOL. 3. CNR. - GASPERI G. – GEOLOGIA REGIONALE. PITAGORA EDITRICE BOLOGNA.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Teacher
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CIFELLI FRANCESCA
(syllabus)
1) TECTONIC STRUCTURE GENERAL AREA CIRCUM - MEDITERRANEAN. PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTIONS AND MAIN EVENTS GEODYNAMIC. GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTIONS. 2) THE CALEDONIAN AND HERCYNIAN OROGENESIS IN EUROPE; THE CIMMERIAN OROGENESIS. 3) THE PALEOGEOGRAPHICAL EVOLUTION OF THE PALEOTETHYAN AND NEOTETHYAN OCEANS. THE AFRICA-EUROPE KUNEMATICS AND THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; THE ALPS; THE REGIONAL NAPPE STRUCTURE OF THE ALPS; METAMORPHIC FACIES DISTRIBUTION IN THE ALPINE CHAIN; AGE OF THE SILICICLASTIC FLYSCH DEPOSITS OF THE ALPS. THE WESTERN ALPS: STRUCTURAL SETTING AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE DEFORMATION. THE ALPINE CHAIN: SUBSURFACE DATA FROM SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES CROP-ECORS, NFP20. 4) THE CIRCUM-MEDITERRANEAN REGION: EVOLUTION OF THE METAMORPHIC CORES AND OF THE CHAIN-FOREDEEP SYSTEMS; BACK-ARC BASINS; PRESENT-DAY KINEMATICS.
(reference books)
- AA.VV. – SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PUBLISHED ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS, SUGGESTED BY THE TEACHER DURING THE LECTURES. - AA.VV.- REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL MAPS AT DIFFERENT SCALES. - AA.VV. GUIDE GEOLOGICHE REGIONALI, EDITE DALLA SOCIETA’ GEOLOGICA ITALIANA. BE-MA EDITRICE MILANO. - BALLY A.W., CATALANO R. & OLDOW J. – ELEMENTI DI TETTONICA REGIONALE. PITAGORA EDITRICE BOLOGNA. - BIGI G., COSENTINO D., PAROTTO M., SARTORI R. & SCANDONE P. (COORDS) – STRUCTURAL MODEL OF ITALY. SHEETS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. SCALE 1:500,000. QUADERNI DE “LA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA”, 114, VOL. 3. CNR. - BIGI G., CASTELLARIN A., CATALANO R., COLI M., COSENTINO D., DAL PIAZ G.V., LENTINI F., PAROTTO M., PATACCA E., PRATURLON A., SALVINI F., SARTORI R., SCANDONE P. & VAI G.B. – SYNTHETIC STRUCTURAL-KINEMATIC MAP OF ITALY. SCALE 1:500,000. QUADERNI DE “LA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA”, 114, VOL. 3. CNR. - GASPERI G. – GEOLOGIA REGIONALE. PITAGORA EDITRICE BOLOGNA.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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