Università Roma Tre

The course is divided into three main blocks:

1) Principles of geophysics for the structure and dynamics of the Earth.
Earth's structure from seismological, gravimetric and magnetic data
2) Plate tectonics:
Principles of plate tectonics, kinematics and velocity models. From kinematics to dynamics.
3) Regional tectonics.
Subduction and collision processes. The Western Pacific. The Eastern Pacific the Andean system. The tetid system: from the Himalayan collision to the Mediterranean.

Practical exercises are focused on reading geological maps and creating geological sections. Stereographic analysis and representation of geological and structural data

Texts and teaching material:
Fowler The Solid Earth An Introduction to Global Geophysics (Cambridge University Press)

The teacher also makes available images shown during the lessons and Geological maps

Additional reading:
Allan Cox, Robert B. Hart, "Plate tectonics. Mechanisms and methods" (Zanichelli Press)