| SYSTEM EARTH DYNAMICS
(objectives)
The course provides informations on the structure of our planet, on plate kinematics and on the dynamic of active processes, with emphasis on subduction and collision, with examples from the West and east Pacific, Tethyan belt, and Mediterranean region. The course provides also provide practical tools to read and elaborate geological maps and to construction geological cross-sections.
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Code
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20410868 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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9
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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GEO/03
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Contact Hours
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48
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Laboratory Hours
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36
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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FACCENNA CLAUDIO
(reference books)
The Solid Earth by Chris Fowler Tectonic Geodynamics by Faccenna & Becker
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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Teacher
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GIORDANO GUIDO
(syllabus)
Intrusive igneous rocks: granite, gabbro Volcanic igneous rocks: basaltic, trachytic, rhyolitic lavas; pyroclastic rocks (pumice, scoria, spatter); pyroclastic rocks (produced by magmatic and phreatomagmatic fragmentation; produced by pyroclastic flows; produced by fallout)
(reference books)
Le rocce e i loro costituenti - II edizione Lucio Morbidelli Bardi Editore - Roma
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Teacher
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ROSSETTI FEDERICO
(syllabus)
Metamorphic rocks: structure, classification, compositional classes. Types of metamorphism, regional metamorphism and geodynamics. Criteria for recognition of metamorphic rocks in the field. Recognition of primary and secondary foliation in metamorphic rocks. The main lithological types
(reference books)
lecture notes
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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