Università Roma Tre

The first module (6 cfu) will provide an introduction to the knowledge of those physical environmental characteristics of our planet that constitute the natural component of the landscape. Top topics to be covered during the I Module: Basic Concepts of Astronomical Geography; The planet Earth; The representation of the Earth's surface; The lithosphere: minerals and rocks; Stratigraphy and Tectonics; Volcanic phenomena; Seismic phenomena; The Plaque Tettonica and the Evolution of the Earth; Marine hydrography; Continental hydrography; The terrestrial atmosphere; Elements and factors of the climate; Modeling the Earth's surface.

GEOGRAPHY I module (6 cfu)
Attending students:
- lesson notes and supplementary learning material that will be provided during the course.
Non-Attending Students:
-E. Lupia Palmieri, M. Parotto, Il Globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione,Edizione blu-Seconda edizione,testo unico, Milano, Zanichelli,2019 (ISBN: 978-88-08-32899-1). NB: Chapter-wise topics that are deleted: “Ambiente celeste”, “Sistema solare”, “Luna e il sistema Terra-Luna”, “Storia della Terra” and “Risorse naturali”. From the chapter dedicated to "Pianeta Terra", are TO BE DONEONLY the paragraphs on: "Forma e dimensioni della Terra", "Coordinate geografiche" and "Movimenti della Terra". The following chapters are to be done in its entirety: "La rappresentazione della superficie terrestre", "La crosta terrestre: minerali e rocce"; "La giacitura e le deformazioni delle rocce"; "I fenomeni vulcanici"; "I fenomeni sismici"; "La Tettonica delle placche"; "L’Atmosfera terrestre e i fenomeni meteorologici"; "Il clima e la biosfera"; "l’Ambiente marino"; "I ghiacciai e le acque continentali"; "Il modellamento della superficie terrestre".