Università Roma Tre

DESCRIPTION: ACQUISITION OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF VOLCANOLOGY

KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL MATERIALS USED AS RESOURCES IN INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSTRUCTIONS

The aim of the course is the study of systematics and evolution of vertebrates from their origin to the Recent. Emphasis is given on the Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebrate faunas of Italy who may find applications in other fields of Earth Sciences (Field Geology, Regional Geology, Quaternary Geology etc.).

ADVANCED STUDY OF THE CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE

PROVIDE THE TECTONICS FOUNDATIONS: ORIGIN OF DEFORMATIVE ELEMENTS, THEIR ARCHITECTURE, EVOLUTION AND GEODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK;
HIGHLIGHT THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TECTONICS AND BOTH SHALLOW (SEDIMENTATION, EROSION, …) AND DEEP (MANTLE CONVECTION) PROCESSES;
INTRODUCE THE MAIN METHODOLOGIES ADOPTED TO STUDY THE TECTONICS;

EACH ARGUMENT WILL BE PRESENTED OFFERING AN INITIAL BASIC THEORETICAL BACKGROUND WHICH WILL BE SUBSEQUENTLY IMPLEMENTED BY THE WIDEST RANGE OF UPDATED INTERPRETATIONS AND NATURAL EXAMPLES. STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE TO THE CLASS ACTIVITIES (E.G. READING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, CLASS PARTICIPATION, IN-CLASS PRESENTATIONS). THIS CLASS INVOLVES ALSO PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN MODELING RELEVANT PRESENTED TECTONIC PROBLEMS.

FORMATION OF SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
- THE COMPONENTS OF SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
- TEXTURAL CHARACTERS OF SEDIMENTS
- CLASSIFICATION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
- NOTES ON PARTICULAR TYPES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST (EG. ORGANOGENIC ROCKS, EVAPORITES, ETC..).
TRANSPORT OF MATERIALS THROUGH FLUIDS:
- TRANSPORT WIND.
- TRACTIVE FLOWS.
- HYPERCONCENTRATED AND MASSIVE FLOWS (EG. GRANULAR FLOWS, TURBIDITY CURRENTS).
SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES:
- PARALLEL AND LOW ANGLE OR HIGH ANGLE OBLIQUE LAMINATIONS.
- UNIDIRECTIONAL CURRENT AND WAVE SOLE MARKS (ASYMMETRIC RIPPLES AND SYMMETRICAL RIPPLES), ETC.
- STRUCTURES AND DEPOSITS DUE TO HYPERCONCETRATED AND MASSIVE FLOWS: LANDSLIDES, DEBRIS FLOWS AND GRAIN FLOWS, TURBIDITY CURRENTS (BOUMA SEQUENCE), TEMPESTITES.
- EROSIVE SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES (CHANNELS, FLUTE CASTS, GROOVE, TOOL MARKS, RILL MARK ETC..), DEFORMATIVE STRUCTURES (MUDCRACKS, SLUMPINGS, DISH, LOAD CAST, STRANDS, DIAPIRS, CHIPS CLAY), CHEMICAL STRUCTURES (NODULES AND CONCRETIONS) AND BIOGENIC STRUCTURES (FINGERPRINTS , BIOTURBATION AND BIO-EROSION, ASSOCIATIONS OF TRACE FOSSILS).
- POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SEQUENCES (FINING UPWARD AND UPWARD THICKENING UPWARD).
INTRODUCTION TO SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS:
- CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS: RIVER, LAKES AND WIND SYSTEMS.
- TRANSITION ENVIRONMENTS: DELTAIC AND COASTAL SYSTEM.
- MARINE ENVIRONMENT: PLATFORM SYSTEMS (TERRIGENOUS AND CARBONATE), SLOPE-TO-BASIN SYSTEMS (TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS), PELAGIC BASIN SYSTEMS.
- EVAPORITIC ENVIRONMENTS.
- ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SEDIMENTS TYPICAL OF THE DIFFERENT SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS.

IS PROVIDED A SERIES OF EXERCISES ON THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE MODULES