Università Roma Tre

IGNEOUS PETROLOGY
THE EARTH’S INTERIOR.CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF IGNEOUS ROCKS. IGNEOUS STRUCTURES AND FIELD RELATIONSHIP. AN INTRODUCTION TO THERMODYNAMICS. TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS. BINARY EUTECTIC SYSTEMS. BINARY PERITECTIC SYSTEMS. BINARY SYSTEMS WITH COMPLETE SOLID SOLUTION. THREE-COMPONENT (TERNARY) SYSTEMS. REACTIONS SERIES. CHEMICAL PETROLOGY: MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS. TRACE ELEMENTS AND ISOTOPES.GENERATION OF BASALTIC MAGMAS. DIVERSIFICATION OF MAGMAS. MAGMATISM ADN PLATE TECTONIC. MID-OCEAN RIDGE VOLCANISM. OCEANIC INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM. SUBDUCTION-RELATED IGNEOUS ACTIVITY. PLUTONIC BELTS OF CONTINENTAL ARCS. GRANITOID ROCKS.

METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY
METAMORPHIC AGENTS AND CHANGES. THE TYPES OF METAMORPHISM. CLASSIFICATION OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS. STRUCTURES AND TEXTURES OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS. ISOGRADS, METAMORPHIC FACIES, AND PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION. ASSEMBLAGE, REACTIONS AND EQUILIBRIUM. CONTROL OF METAMORPHIC REACTIONS. METAMORPHISM OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. METAMORPHISM OF ALUMINOUS CLASTIC ROCKS.

1)AN INTRODUCTION TO IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY. JOHN D. WINTER.PRENTICE HALL NEW JERSEY.
2)ESSENTIALS OF IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY B. RONALD FROST CAROL D. FROSTCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
3) LE ROCCE E I LORO COSTITUENTI. LUCIO MORBIDELLI SCIENZE E LETTERE
4) PETROGRAFIA MICROSCOPICA. ZEZZA U. LA GOLIARDICA PAVESE
5)MATERIAL FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR

Third part: practical teaching in the mineralogy and petrology laboratory. The teaching consists in the study and recognition in thin section of the most common igneous and metamorphic rocks.

First (igneous petrology) and second part (metamorphic petrology):
- An Introduction To Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology. John D. Winter.Prentice Hall New Jersey.
- Magmatismo E Metamorfismo. D’amico C., Innocenti, F., Sassi F.P. Utet.

Third part (practical teaching):
- Petrografia Microscopica. Zezza U. La Goliardica Pavese

Field activity dedicated to the observation and description of the petrographic and mineralogical aspects of igneous, metamorphic, and metasomatic rocks.

For the field activity, reference texts will be indicated on a case-by-case basis.

Criteria for recognition of magmatic and metamorphic rocks and relative textures in the field and their cartographic representation

Lecture notes provided by the teacher