ATOMIC NATURE OF MATTER AND QUANTIZED ATOM (8 H).
CHEMICAL BOND AND STRUCTURES OF SIMPLE MOLECULES (8 H)
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GAS, SOLID, AND LIQUID PHASES (8 H).
TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEMS (4 H).
ASPECTS OF THERMODINAMICS AND THERMOCHEMISTRY (6 H).
KINETIC CHEMISTRY (2 H).
PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM (14 H).
ELECTROCHEMISTRY (4 H).
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: STRUCTURES, CLASSIFICATION, HYDROCARBONS, PETROLEUM (2 H).
NUMERICAL EXERCISES AND PRACTICAL LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS (24 H)

ANY GENERAL CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOK AND STOICHIOMETRY TEXTBOOK AT UNIVERSITY-LEVEL, TEACHING MATERIALS PREPARED BY THE TEACHER AND AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT SITE
MASTERTON-HURLEY “CHIMICA. PRINCIPI E REAZIONI”, PICCI
Atkins-Jones: Principi di Chimica, Zanichelli
SCHIAVELLO-PALMISANO “FONDAMENTI DI CHIMICA”, EDISES
LAUSAROT-VAGLIO “STECHIOMETRIA PER LA CHIMICA GENERALE”, PICCIN
Franco Ugozzoli: “Come risolvere i problemi di chimica” CEA

Introduction to Physical Geography; composition and layering of the atmosphere; radiative balance of the Sun/Earth/atmosphere system; air temperature; atmospheric pressure and winds; general circulation of the atmosphere; air moisture and precipitation; cyclones and anticyclones; weather and climate; climate classification and spatial distribution; Italian climate; climate changes; hydrologic cycle; sea; physocal and chemical features of marine water; ocean moviments (waves, currents, tides); general introduction to geographic maps; map scale; shape of the Earth (ellipsoid and geoid) and datum; geographic network; longitude and latitude; geographic projections; triangulation; UTM; cartographic symbols; map reading and interpretation; Italian cartographic production; exercises on topographic maps at different scales concerning: computation of geographic and metric (UTM and Gauss-Boaga systems) coordinates; drawing of topographic profile and of drainage divide, computation of percentage and angular slope, of point elevation, of planimetric and real distance, of magnetic declination for correct map orientation.

MCKNIGHT T.H. & HESS D.H., GEOGRAFIA FISICA. COMPRENDERE IL PAESAGGIO. PICCIN, PADOVA

LUPIA PALMIERI E. & PAROTTO M., IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA

SAURO U., MENEGHEL M., BONDESAN A. & CASTIGLIONI B. – DALLA CARTA TOPOGRAFICA AL PAESAGGIO. ATLANTE RAGIONATO. – ZETABETA EDITRICE SRL, VICENZA

MORI A. – LE CARTE GEOGRAFICHE E LA LORO LETTURA E INTERPRETAZIONE. – LIBRERIA GOLIARDICA, PISA

NUMERICAL SETS. REAL NUMBERS. DEFINITION OF FUNCTIONS AND THEIR REPRESENTATION IN THE CARTESIAN PLANE.
ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS. MONOTONE FUNCTIONS. INVERTIBLE FUNCTIONS. COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS. LIMITS OF FUNCTIONS, OPERATIONS WITH LIMTS. CONTINUITY. PRPERTIES OF CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS. WEIERSTRASS THEOREM. THEOREM ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE ZEROS. DERIVATIVE AND ITS GEOMETRICAL AND MECHANICAL MEANING.
RULES OF DERIVATION. THEOREMS OF ROLLE, LAGRANGE AND CAUCHY. RULE OF DE L'HOPITAL. MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM RELATIVE. GRAPHIC OF A FUNCTION. TAYLOR'S FORMULA. DEFINITION OF DEFINITE INTEGRALS. PRIMITIVE OF A FUNCTION. TORRICELLI-BARROW'S THEOREM. INTEGRALS OF ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS. ELEMENTARY METHODS OF INTEGRATIONS: SOSTITUTION AND BY PARTS. VECTORS IN THE PLANE AND SPACE. OPERATIONS WITH THE VECTORS. SCALAR PRODUCT AND VECTOR PRODUCT. MATRICES. DETERMINANTS. INVERS MATRIX. LINEAR SYSTEMS. CRAMER THEOREM. EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS.

[1] G. GENTILE, Lezioni di MATEMATICA - Modulo I - A.A. 2017-2018 - Corso di Laurea in Scienze Geologiche,
disponibile in rete: http://www.mat.uniroma3.it/users/gentile/2017-2018/MAT/lezioni.pdf
[2] N.S. Piskunov, Calcolo differenziale e integrale, vol. I, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 2010

PHYSICAL QUANTITIES. SCALAR AND VECTOR QUANTITIES. ELEMENTS OF VECTOR
CALCULUS. KINEMATICS IN ONE AND TWO DIMENSIONS. UNIFORM AND ACCELERATED MOTION.
CIRCULAR AND HARMONIC MOTION. DYNAMICS: NEWTON'S LAWS. GRAVITATION AND
ELECTROSTATICS. FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. ELASTICITY, FRICTION. LAW OF
CONSERVATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY. LINEAR MOMENTUM, CENTER
OF MASS OF A MECHANICAL SYSTEM. ROTATIONS, CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM. RIGID SYSTEMS. FLUID-DYNAMICS: EQUILIBRIUM, ARCHIMEDE'S PRINCIPLE, BERNOULLI THEOREM.
THERMODYNAMICS: HEAT AND ENERGY. TEMPERATURE, SPECIFIC HEAT. PERFECT GAS.
ELEMENTS OF KINETIC THEORY. FIRST AND SECOND PRINCIPLE OF THERMODYNAMICS.

H. D. Young, R. A. Freedman, A. L. Ford
Principi di Fisica
con MasteringPhysics
vol.1. Meccanica, Onde e Termodinamica
Pearson Italia, Milano - Torino (2015)

PHYSICAL QUANTITIES. SCALAR AND VECTOR QUANTITIES. ELEMENTS OF VECTOR
CALCULUS. KINEMATICS IN ONE AND TWO DIMENSIONS. UNIFORM AND ACCELERATED MOTION.
CIRCULAR AND HARMONIC MOTION. DYNAMICS: NEWTON'S LAWS. GRAVITATION AND
ELECTROSTATICS. FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. ELASTICITY, FRICTION. LAW OF
CONSERVATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY. LINEAR MOMENTUM, CENTER
OF MASS OF A MECHANICAL SYSTEM. ROTATIONS, CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM. RIGID SYSTEMS. FLUID-DYNAMICS: EQUILIBRIUM, ARCHIMEDE'S PRINCIPLE, BERNOULLI THEOREM.
THERMODYNAMICS: HEAT AND ENERGY. TEMPERATURE, SPECIFIC HEAT. PERFECT GAS.
ELEMENTS OF KINETIC THEORY. FIRST AND SECOND PRINCIPLE OF THERMODYNAMICS.

FISICA PER SCIENZE ED INGEGNERIA VOL. 1 – SERWAY-JEWETT- EDIZIONE IV/2009 EDISES; GUID ALLO STUDIO E ALLA SOLUZIONE DEI PROBLEMI DA PRINCIPI DI FISICA - SERWAY-JEWETT- EDIZIONE III – EDISES; PROBLEMI DI FISICA 1 RISOLTI E COMMENTATI– PAVAN- SORAMEL - 3° EDIZIONI CEA; FONDAMENTI DI FISICA – MECCANICA E TERMOLOGIA – HALLIDAY, RESNICK, WALKER - EDIZIONI CEA.
SERWAY R.A. & JEWETT J.W. - PRINCIPI DI FISICA, VOL I EDISES. "FISICA PER SCIENZE ED INGEGNERIA VOL.1" SERWAY - JEWETT - EDIZIONE IV/2009 EDISES

ASTRONOMICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARTH (THE EARTH AND THE CELESTIAL SPHERE, MEASUREMENT OF TIME, THE SIZE OF THE EARTH). THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM (ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS OF LONG AND SHORT ORBITAL PERIODS; THE PLANETARY ORBITS FACTORS AND CLIMATE CONTROL). THE FORMATION OF THE PLANET AND THE INTERACTION WITH THE COSMIC ENVIRONMENT (METEORITES AND FORMATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM; ACCRETION OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS. THE EARTH AND METEORITES; THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM). THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; LYELL’s PRINCIPLES OF UNIFORMITARIANISM. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION. THE EARTH SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERACTION: ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, BIOSPHERE AND GEOSPHERE. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH: OCEANS AND CONTINENTS. THE UNIFYING THEORY: PLATE TECTONICS. ROCK FORMING MINERALS. ROCK CLASSIFICATION. IGNEOUS ROCKS: CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA. ORIGIN OF MAGMA AND ITS GEODYNAMIC MEANING. VOLCANOES: TYPES AND VOLCANIC PRODUCTS. ALTERATION PROCESSES AND THE GENESIS OF SOILS. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. METAMORPHIC ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKES: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND DISTRIBUTION, TSUNAMI. ROCK DEFORMATION: FAULT AND FOLDS. ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF MOUNTAIN CHAINS. THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN GEOLOGY: PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY, THE FOSSIL RECORD, RADIOMETRIC DATING, GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE.
PRACTICE
LABORATORY EXPERIENCES ON THE MACROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN LITHOLOGIES AND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY, FOUR-DAYS FIELD TRIP IN THE PRENESTINI MTS. AND COLLI ALBANI AREAS FOCUSED ON MAPPING GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES.
VISIT TO THE CLEMENTINA (S. MARIA DEGLI ANGELI) MERIDIAN.

PRESS F. & SIEVER R. – CAPIRE LA TERRA. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
TARBUCK E.J., LUTGENS F.K. & TOZZI M. – SCIENZE DELLA TERRA. – PRINCIPATO, MILANO.
LUPIA PALMIERI E. & PAROTTO M. – IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. – ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
PRESS F. & SIEVER R. – UNDERSTANDING EARTH, 4A ED. (INTEGRATO CON UN CD) – FREEMAN & CO., NEW YORK.
LUTGENS F.K. & TARBUCK E.J. – ESSENTIALS OF GEOLOGY. – PEARSON INTERNATIONAL EDITION.

ASTRONOMICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARTH (THE EARTH AND THE CELESTIAL SPHERE, MEASUREMENT OF TIME, THE SIZE OF THE EARTH). THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM (ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS OF LONG AND SHORT ORBITAL PERIODS; THE PLANETARY ORBITS FACTORS AND CLIMATE CONTROL). THE FORMATION OF THE PLANET AND THE INTERACTION WITH THE COSMIC ENVIRONMENT (METEORITES AND FORMATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM; ACCRETION OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS. THE EARTH AND METEORITES; THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM). THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; LYELL’s PRINCIPLES OF UNIFORMITARIANISM. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION. THE EARTH SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERACTION: ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, BIOSPHERE AND GEOSPHERE. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH: OCEANS AND CONTINENTS. THE UNIFYING THEORY: PLATE TECTONICS. ROCK FORMING MINERALS. ROCK CLASSIFICATION. IGNEOUS ROCKS: CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA. ORIGIN OF MAGMA AND ITS GEODYNAMIC MEANING. VOLCANOES: TYPES AND VOLCANIC PRODUCTS. ALTERATION PROCESSES AND THE GENESIS OF SOILS. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. METAMORPHIC ROCKS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION. INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKES: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND DISTRIBUTION, TSUNAMI. ROCK DEFORMATION: FAULT AND FOLDS. ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF MOUNTAIN CHAINS. THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN GEOLOGY: PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY, THE FOSSIL RECORD, RADIOMETRIC DATING, GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE.
PRACTICE
LABORATORY EXPERIENCES ON THE MACROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN LITHOLOGIES AND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY, FOUR-DAYS FIELD TRIP IN THE PRENESTINI MTS. AND COLLI ALBANI AREAS FOCUSED ON MAPPING GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES.
VISIT TO THE CLEMENTINA (S. MARIA DEGLI ANGELI) MERIDIAN.

PRESS F. & SIEVER R. - CAPIRE LA TERRA. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
TARBUCK E.J., LUTGENS F.K. & TOZZI M. - SCIENZE DELLA TERRA. - PRINCIPATO, MILANO.
LUPIA PALMIERI E. & PAROTTO M. - IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. - ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
PRESS F. & SIEVER R. - UNDERSTANDING EARTH, 4A ED. (INTEGRATO CON UN CD) - FREEMAN & CO., NEW YORK.
LUTGENS F.K. & TARBUCK E.J. - ESSENTIALS OF GEOLOGY. - PEARSON INTERNATIONAL EDITION.

DOMAINS IN THE PLANE AND IN THE SPACE. DEFINITION OF FUNCTIONS WITH MANY VARIABLES. SETS OF DEFINITION, LIMITS, CONTINUITY. PARTIAL DERIVATIVES. MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM RELATIVE.
DEFINITIONS OF THE INTEGRALS IN THE PLANE AND IN THE SPACE. NORMAL SETS AND REDUCTION FORMULAS. CHANGE OF VARIABLES : POLAR COORDINATES, SPHERICAL COORDINATES AND CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES.
LENGHT OF A CURVE. INTEGRAL ALONG A CURVE. AREA OF A SURFACE. INTEGRAL ON A SURFACE. DIFFERENTIAL FORMS IN 2 OR 3 VARIABLES. INTEGRATION OF A DIFFERENTIAL FORM ALONG A CURVE.
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. CAUCHY PROBLEM. EXISTENCE AND UNICITY THEOREM. SEPARATION OF VARIABLES. LINEAR EQUATIONS OF FIRST AND SECOND ORDER.

PISKUNOV N. S. CALCOLO DIFFERENZIALE E INTEGRALE, 2 VOL. EDITORI RIUNITI

ELECTRICITY
ELECTRIC CHARGE. COULOMB LAW. ELETTRIC FIELD. ELECTRIC FIELD LINES. FLUX OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD. GAUSS‘S LAW AND ITS APPLICATIONS. ELETTROSTATIC POTENTIAL. COMPARISON OF ELECTRIC AND GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS. ELECTRIC DIPOLE. CONDUCTIVE AND DIELECTRIC MATERIALS. CAPACITANCE AND CAPACITORS. ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND CONDUCTION. CURRENT AND RESISTANCE: OHM LAW; KIRCHHOFF'S RULES. SIMPLE DC CIRCUITS: RC CIRCUIT; ENERGY BALANCE IN ELECTRIC CIRCUITS.
MAGNETISM
THE MAGNETIC FIELD: OERSTED’S EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD LINES.THE FORCE OF LORENTZ. MOTION OF A CHARGED PARTICLE IN ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS. MAGNETIC FORCE ON A CURRENT. THE MAGNETIC DIPOLE. MAGNETIC FLUX AND THE GAUSS‘S LAW FOR MAGNETISM. AMPERE’S LAW . BIOT-SAVART LAW. EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD. ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION. FARADAY’S LAW. ENERGY IN MAGNETIC FIELDS. MAGNETIC MATERIALS : PARAMAGNETISM; DIAMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETISM. MAXWELL ‘S EQUATIONS.
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
OSCILATIONS AND WAVES. THE WAVE EQUATION AND ITS HARMONIC SOLUTION. SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE OF THE WAVES. HUYGENS PRINCIPLE. FROM MAWELL’S EQUATION TO ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT. THE BLACK BODY RADIATION. THE PHOTON AND ITS ENERGY. PLANK’S LAW.
OPTICS
GEOMETRICAL OPTICS AND WAVE OPTICS. SNELL’S LAW. GAUSS APPROXIMATION FOR LENS AND MIRRORS. INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT. COHERENCE . INTERFERENCE FROM A DOUBLE SLIT. FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION FROM A SINGLE SLIT. DISPERSION OF LIGHT. DIFFRACTION GRATINGS. POLARIZATION OF LIGHT: LINEAR, ELLIPTICAL CIRCULAR.
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS LABORATORY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA HANDLING. TESTING THE OHM LAWS. STUDY OF THE DIFFRACTION PATTERN FROM A SINGLE SLIT.

FISICA PER SCIENZE ED INGEGNERIA - VOL. 2
SERWAY - JEWETT
EDIZIONE: IV / 2009 E SEGUENTI
N. PAGINE: 576
ISBN: 9788879595346


PROBLEMI DI FISICA 2 RISOLTI E COMMENTATI
TERZA EDIZIONE
P. PAVAN, P. SARTORI
ISBN 978-8808-18005-

ELECTRICITY
ELECTRIC CHARGE. COULOMB LAW. ELETTRIC FIELD. ELECTRIC FIELD LINES. FLUX OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD. GAUSS‘S LAW AND ITS APPLICATIONS. ELETTROSTATIC POTENTIAL. COMPARISON OF ELECTRIC AND GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS. ELECTRIC DIPOLE. CONDUCTIVE AND DIELECTRIC MATERIALS. CAPACITANCE AND CAPACITORS. ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND CONDUCTION. CURRENT AND RESISTANCE: OHM LAW; KIRCHHOFF'S RULES. SIMPLE DC CIRCUITS: RC CIRCUIT; ENERGY BALANCE IN ELECTRIC CIRCUITS.
MAGNETISM
THE MAGNETIC FIELD: OERSTED’S EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD LINES.THE FORCE OF LORENTZ. MOTION OF A CHARGED PARTICLE IN ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS. MAGNETIC FORCE ON A CURRENT. THE MAGNETIC DIPOLE. MAGNETIC FLUX AND THE GAUSS‘S LAW FOR MAGNETISM. AMPERE’S LAW . BIOT-SAVART LAW. EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD. ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION. FARADAY’S LAW. ENERGY IN MAGNETIC FIELDS. MAGNETIC MATERIALS : PARAMAGNETISM; DIAMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETISM. MAXWELL ‘S EQUATIONS.
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
OSCILATIONS AND WAVES. THE WAVE EQUATION AND ITS HARMONIC SOLUTION. SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE OF THE WAVES. HUYGENS PRINCIPLE. FROM MAWELL’S EQUATION TO ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT. THE BLACK BODY RADIATION. THE PHOTON AND ITS ENERGY. PLANK’S LAW.
OPTICS
GEOMETRICAL OPTICS AND WAVE OPTICS. SNELL’S LAW. GAUSS APPROXIMATION FOR LENS AND MIRRORS. INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT. COHERENCE . INTERFERENCE FROM A DOUBLE SLIT. FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION FROM A SINGLE SLIT. DISPERSION OF LIGHT. DIFFRACTION GRATINGS. POLARIZATION OF LIGHT: LINEAR, ELLIPTICAL CIRCULAR.
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS LABORATORY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA HANDLING. TESTING THE OHM LAWS. STUDY OF THE DIFFRACTION PATTERN FROM A SINGLE SLIT.

FISICA PER SCIENZE ED INGEGNERIA - VOL. 2
SERWAY - JEWETT
EDIZIONE: IV / 2009 E SEGUENTI
N. PAGINE: 576
ISBN: 9788879595346


PROBLEMI DI FISICA 2 RISOLTI E COMMENTATI
TERZA EDIZIONE
P. PAVAN, P. SARTORI
ISBN 978-8808-18005-

Introduction to Geomorphology; Weathering; soils; introduction to air-photo analysis; geomorphological cartography; slope processes, landforms and deposits; river processes, landforms and deposits; glacial processes, landforms and deposits; periglacial processes, landforms and deposits; karst processes, landforms and deposits; aeolian processes, landforms and deposits; tectonic geomorphology; volcanic geomorphology; planation landforms and landscape evolution models. The lab activity includes the interpretation of air photos relative to central Italy.

DRAMIS & OLLIER, Genesi ed evoluzione del rilievo terrestre. PITAGORA EDITRICE BOLOGNA

MCKNIGHT & HESS, Geofrafia Fisica. PICCIN, PADOVA

CICCACCI, LE FORME DEL RILIEVO, Atlante illustrato di Geomorfologia. MONDADORI UNIVERSITA’

SPAGNA, Aerogeologia. PITAGORA EDITRICE, BOLOGNA.

ANGELELLI, ARCOZZI, MANDOLESI, PRETI, Guida alla fotointerpretazione e restituzione tematica. PITAGORA EDITRICE, BOLOGNA.

GOMARASCA, Elementi di Geomatica. A.I.T., ROMA.

PALEONTOLOGIA GENERALE: CENNI DI STORIA DELLA PALEONTOLOGIA (2H). TAFONOMIA(2H).
SISTEMATICA: LA CLASSIFICAZIONE. IL CONCETTO DI SPECIE. LE DIVERSE SCUOLE TASSONOMICHE(2H).
L’EVOLUZIONE: FOSSILI ED EVOLUZIONE. LA TEORIA EVOLUTIVA DI LAMARCK E I NEOLAMARCKISTI. LA TEORIA EVOLUTIVA DI DARWIN. MICROEVOLUZIONE. TEORIA SINTETICA E TEORIA DEGLI EQUILIBRI INTERMITTENTI. MACROEVOLUZIONE. ESTINZIONI. RADIAZIONI ADATTATIVE(8H).
PALEOECOLOGIA: PALEOECOLOGIA MARINA. ELEMENTI DI PALEOECOLOGIA CONTINENTALE. PALEOICNOLOGIA(4H).
BIOSTRATIGRAFIA: DEFINIZIONE DELLE BIOZONE. CORRELAZIONI BIOSTRATIGRAFICHE(4H).
PALEOBIOGEOGRAFIA: LA BIOGEOGRAFIA STORICA: DISPERSIONE E VICARIANZA. LA BIOGEOGRAFIA ECOLOGICA. TETTONICA DELLE PLACCHE E PALEOBIOGEOGRAFIA (2H).
PALEONTOLOGIA SISTEMATICA: I REGNI. CARATTERISTICHE DELLA CELLULA PROCARIOTA ED EUCARIOTA (1H).
REGNO PROTISTA: FORAMINIFERI: MORFOLOGIA, SISTEMATICA, DISTRIBUZIONE STRATIGRAFICA E PALEOECOLOGIA CON APPROFONDIMENTI SU ALVEOLINIDAE, NUMMULITIDAE, ORBITOIDI, GLOBIGERININI (4H).
REGNO PROTISTA: MORFOLOGIA, SISTEMATICA, DISTRIBUZIONE STRATIGRAFICA E PALEOECOLOGIA DI TINTINNIDI, RADIOLARI, NANNOFOSSILI CALCAREI E ALGHE CALCAREE (2H).
REGNO ANIMALIA. PORIFERI: GENERALITÀ, MORFOLOGIA, CLASSIFICAZIONE E PALEOECOLOGIA (1H).
CELENTERATI: GENERALITÀ, MORFOLOGIA, CLASSIFICAZIONE, DISTRIBUZIONE STRATIGRAFICA E PALEOECOLOGIA (1H).
MOLLUSCHI: (GENERALITÀ, SISTEMATICA, FILOGENESI). APPROFONDIMENTI SULLA MORFOLOGIA, SISTEMATICA, DISTRIBUZIONE STRATIGRAFICA E PALEOECOLOGIA DEI BIVALVI, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO ALLA SUPERFAMIGLIA HIPPURITOIDEA), GASTEROPODI E CEFALOPODI (5H).
ARTROPODI: GENERALITÀ E CLASSIFICAZIONE. MORFOLOGIA E PALEOECOLOGIA DI TRILOBITI E OSTRACODI (2H).
ECHINODERMI: GENERALITÀ E CLASSIFICAZIONE. MORFOLOGIA E PALEOECOLOGIA DI ECHINOIDI E CRINOIDI (2H).
LOPHOPHORATA: GENERALITÀ E CLASSIFICAZIONE. MORFOLOGIA E PALEOECOLOGIA DEI BRIOZOI. MORFOLOGIA, SISTEMATICA, DISTRIBUZIONE STRATIGRAFICA E PALEOECOLOGIA DEI BRACHIOPODI (2H).
CENNI DI PALEONTOLOGIA STRATIGRAFICA: LA FAUNA CAMBRIANA E LE FAUNE DEL FANEROZOICO (2H).
NEL CORSO DELLO SVOLGIMENTO DELLA II PARTE SONO PREVISTE 3 VERIFICHE INTRACORSO (3H).
LABORATORIO DI PALEONTOLOGIA: ESERCITAZIONI PRATICHE DI RICONOSCIMENTO MORFOLOGICO DEI GRUPPI FOSSILI TRATTATI NEL MODULO DI PALEONTOLOGIA SISTEMATICA (22H). ANALISI DELLE MICROBIOFACIES DELLE SUCCESSIONI BACINALI MESO-CENOZOICHE (SUCCESSIONE UMBRO-MARCHIGIANA) (7H). ANALISI DELLE MICROBIOFACIES DELLE SUCCESSIONI DI PIATTAFORMA CARBONATICA MESO-CENOZOICHE (SUCCESSIONE LAZIALE-ABRUZZESE) (7H).

GENERAL PALEONTOLOGY:
RAFFI S. & SERPAGLI E., 1993 - INTRODUZIONE ALLA PALEONTOLOGIA. U.T.E.T.;
BENTON M.J. & HARPER D.A.T., 2009 - INTRODUCTION TO PALEOBIOLOGY AND THE FOSSIL RECORD, WILEY-BLACKWELL.

SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY:
TEACHER HANDOUTS RELATING TO THE LESSONS
ALLASINAZ A., 1999 - INVERTEBRATI FOSSILI. UTET;

PALEONTOLOGICAL LABORATORY:
TEACHER HANDOUTS RELATING TO THE LESSONS

GENERAL PALAEONTOLOGY: BRIEF STORY OF PALAEONTOLOGY (2H). TAPHONOMY(2H).
SYSTEMATICS: CLASSIFICATION. THE SPECIES CONCEPT. DIFFERENT TAXONOMY SCHOOLS (2H).
PALAEOECOLOGY: MARINE PALAEOECOLOGY. ELEMENTS OF CONTINENTAL PALAEOECOLOGY. PALAEOICHNOLOGY (4H).
BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: BIOZONES. BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS(4H).
EVOLUTION: FOSSILS AND EVOLUTION. LAMARK’S AND NEO-LAMARCKIST’S EVOLUTON THEORY. DARWIN’S EVOLUTION THEORY. MICROEVOLUTION. SYNTHETIC AND PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIA THEORIES. MACROEVOLUTION. EXTINCTION. ADAPTIVE RADIATION (8H).
PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY: THE HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY: DISPERSION AND VICARIANCE. THE ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY. PLATE TECTONICS AND PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY (2H).
SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY: PROKARYOTE AND EUKARYOTE CELLS; THE KINGDOMS (1H).
KINGDOM PROTISTA - FORAMINIFERS: MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND PALAEOECOLOGY. ORBITOLINIDAE, ALVEOLINIDAE, NUMMULITIDAE, ORBITOIDS, GLOBIGERININI (4H). KINGDOM PROTISTA - MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND PALAEOECOLOGY OF RADIOLARIA, TINTINNIDA, CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS AND CALCAREOUS ALGAE (2H).
KINGDOM ANIMALIA – PHYLUM PORIFERA: MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, AND PALAEOECOLOGY (1H).
PHYLUM CNIDARIA: MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND PALAEOECOLOGY (1H). PHILUM MOLLUSCA: MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND PALAEOECOLOGY. CLASSES BIVALVIA (SUPERFAMILY HIPPURITOIDEA), GASTROPODA AND CEPHALOPODA (5H).
PHILUM ARTHROPODA: GENERAL MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY. MORPHOLOGY AND PALAEOECOLOGY OF CLASSES TRILOBITA AND OSTRACODA (2H).
PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA: GENERAL MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY. MORPHOLOGY AND PALAEOECOLOGY OF CLASSES ECHINOIDEA AND CRINOIDEA (2H).
SUPERPHYLUM LOPHOPHORATA: GENERAL MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY. MORPHOLOGY AND PALAEOECOLOGY OF PHYLUM BRYOZOA. MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND PALAEOECOLOGY OF PHLUM BRACHIOPODA. (2H).
STRATIGRAPHIC PALAEONTOLOGY: THE CAMBRIAN FAUNA; PHANEROZOIC (2H).
THREE TESTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED DURING THE MODULE OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY TO VERIFY THE LEARNING IN PROGRESS (3H)
PALAEONTOLOGICAL LABORATORY: PRACTICAL TRAINING ON FOSSIL MORPHOLOGY (22H).
MICROBIOFACIES ANALYSIS OF THE NEOTETHYAN BACINAL SUCCESSIONS DURING MESO-CENOZOIC (EXAMPLE: THE UMBRO-MARCHEAN SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSION) (7H).
MICROBIOFACIES ANALYSIS OF THE NEOTETHYAN CARBONATE PLATFORM SUCCESSIONS DURING MESO-CEONOZOIC (EXAMPLE: THE LATIUM-ABRUZZI SEDIMETARY SUCCESSION) (7H).

GENERAL PALAEONTOLOGY: TEXT-BOOKS:
RAFFI S. & SERPAGLI E., 1993 - INTRODUZIONE ALLA PALEONTOLOGIA. U.T.E.T.;
BENTON M.J. & HARPER D.A.T., 2009 - INTRODUCTION TO PALEOBIOLOGY AND THE FOSSIL RECORD, WILEY-BLACKWELL.
FURTHER READINGS:
DENNETT D.C., 1997 – L’IDEA PERICOLOSA DI DARWIN. BOLLATI BORINGHIERI;
ELDREDGE N., 1999 - RIPENSARE DARWIN. EINAUDI;
BRIGGS D.E. & CROWTHER P.R. (EDS.), 2001 - PALAEOBIOLOGY II. A SYNTHESIS. BLACKWELL SCIENCE; ELDREDGE N., 2002 - LE TRAME DELL’EVOLUZIONE. RAFFAELLO CORTINA EDITORE;
GOULD S.J., 2003 - LA STRUTTURA DELLA TEORIA EVOLUTIVA. CODICE EDIZIONI;
RIDLEY M., 2004 - EVOLUTION, 4TH ED. BLACKWELL SCIENCE.
DAWKINS R., 2006 - IL RACCONTO DELL’ANTENATO. MONDADORI;
CHALINE J., 2006 - QUOI DE NEUF DEPUIS DARWIN? ETUDE;
PROTHERO D.R., 2007 - EVOLUTION. WHAT THE FOSSILS SAY AND WHY IT MATTERS. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS.
SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY: TEXT-BOOKS
LECTURE NOTES BY THE TEACHER (PDF)
ALLASINAZ A., 1999 - INVERTEBRATI FOSSILI. UTET;
FURTHER READINGS
CLARKSON E.N.K., 1998 - INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. BLACKWELL SCIENCE;
DOYLE P., 1996 - UNDERSTANDING FOSSILS. AN INTRODUCTION TO INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. WILEY & SONS;
FORTEY R., 1999 - ETÀ, QUATTRO MILIARDI DI ANNI. LONGANESI;
BENTON M.J. & HARPER D.A.T., 2009 - INTRODUCTION TO PALEOBIOLOGY AND THE FOSSIL RECORD, WILEY-BLACKWELL.
PALAEONTOLOGICAL LABORATORY: TEXT-BOOKS
LECTURE NOTES BY THE TEACHER (PDF)
FURTHER READINGS
PREMOLI SILVA I., RETTORI R. & VERGA D., 2003 - PRACTICAL MANUAL OF PALEOCENE AND EOCENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA, 2° COURSE: PALEOCENE AND EOCENE. TIPOGRAFIA PONTEFELCINO, PERUGIA;
PREMOLI SILVA I. & VERGA D., 2004 - PRACTICAL MANUAL OF CRETACEOUS PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA, 3° COURSE: CRETACEOUS. TIPOGRAFIA PONTEFELCINO, PERUGIA;
IACCARINO, S.M., PREMOLI SILVA I., BIOLZI M., FORESI M, LIRER F. 6 PETRIZZO M.R., 2005 – PRACTICAL MANUAL OF OLIGOCENE TO MIDDLE MIOCENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA. TIPOGRAFIA PONTEFELCINO, PERUGIA;
IACCARINO, S.M., PREMOLI S.I., BIOLZ, M., FORESI, L.M., LIRER, F., URCO, E., AND PETRIZZO, M.R., 2007, PRACTICAL MANUAL OF NEOGENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA. VI COURSE: NEOGENE. TIPOGRAFIA PONTEFELCINO, PERUGIA;

CESTARI R. & SARTORIO D. (EDS.), 1995 - RUDISTS AND FACIES OF THE PERIADRIATIC DOMAIN. AGIP S.P.A.;
AGIP, 1988 - SOUTHERN TETHYS BIOFACIES. AGIP S.P.A.

- CONTINUUM MECHANICS AND MATERIALS RESISTANCE
- DEFINITION OF A VECTOR, CARTESIAN REFERENCE, ADDITION OF VECTORS, SCALAR PRODUCT, VECTOR PRODUCT, TRASFORMATION OF COORDINATES, DEFINITION OF A TENSOR, ORDER OF A TENSOR, PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS OF A SYMMETRIC SECOND ORDER TENSOR.
- THE STRAIN TENSOR: ANALYSIS OF DISPLACEMENT AND DEFORMATION, COMPONENTS OF THE STRAIN TENSOR, SHEAR STRAIN AND NORMAL STRAIN, CHANGE OF VOLUME
- THE STRESS TENSOR, NORMAL STRESS AND SHEAR STRESS
- STATE OF STRESS IN A CONTINUOUS MEDIA, EQUILIBRIUM OF A SMALL PRISM, SYMMETRY OF STRESS COMPONENT, THE STRESS ELLIPSOID, STRESS INVARIANT, PRINCIPAL STRESS
- MOHR’S CIRCLES,
- HOOKE’S LAW, STRESS-STRAIN CURVE, YOUNG’S MODULUS
- ELASTIC BEHAVIOR, VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR, PLASTIC BEHAVIOR, FAILURE
- POISSON’S RAITO, VALUES OF POISSON’S RATIO FOR THE ROCK, LAMÈ PARAMETERS
- STATE OF STRESS IN A LITOSFERIC LAYER, GEOSTATIC PRESSURE
- FAILURE CONDITION IN A LITOSFERIC LAYER
- NORMAL FAULT, REVERSE FAULT
- PRESSURE IN A FLUID, TOTAL STRESS, EFFECTIVE STRESS AND PORE PRESSURE
- ANGLE OF INTERNAL FICTION, THE COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION
- BERNOULLI EQUATIONS, FLOW THROUGH A TUBE, FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIA, CONSERVATION OF MASS, CONTINUITY EQUATION, DARCY’S LAW, HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, LAPLACE EQUATION
- THE WAVE EQUATION, DILATATION WAVE, SHEAR WAVE, VELOCITY WAVES, RATIO VP/VS, PROPAGATION IN A MULTILAYER SISTEM, PARTITIONING OF ENERGY AT AN INTERFACE, SEISMIC IMPEDENCE, REFRACTION AND TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS.
EARTHQUAKE SOURCE MECHANICS, FOCAL SPHERE, SUEFACES WAVE , H/V RITO
- VISCOUS FLUIDS, NEWTON’S LAW,
- RHEOLOGY, THE INFLUENCE OF TIME ON ROCK DEFORMATION
- MECHANICAL MODELS OF MATERIALS, MAXWELL BODY, KELVIN BODY CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS
- QUALITY FACTOR “Q”, CREEP FUNCTION AND RELAXATION FUNCTION

- LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF RESISTIVITY
- LABORATORY TESTS
- TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST
- SHEAR TEST

VSEVOLOD I.FEODOSEV RESISTENZA DEI MATERIALI EDITORI RIUNITI
LANDAU LIFSITS TEORIA DELL’ELASTICITÀ EDITORI RIUNITI
BRIAN BAYLY MECHANICS IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY SPRINGER-VERLAG
W.M.TELFORD APPLIED GEOPHYSICS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
COZZI E. & DELLA MONICA G. - INTRODUZIONE ALLA MECCANICA DELLE TERRE E DELLE ROCCE ARACNE EDITRICE.
LOWRIE W. FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOPHYSICS - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

INTRODUCTION:
1) THE EARTH SYSTEM: STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION. THE OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL CRUST. 2) DISTRIBUTION OF ROCKS ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE. THE ROCKS CYCLE. 3) INTRODUCTION TO PLATE BOUNDARY.

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES:
5- DISTRIBUTION AND SHAPE OF MOUNTAIN BELT; 6 – STYLE OF DEFORMATION, THRUST AND FOLD BELTS; 7-SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND FACIES DISTRIBUTION, 8- MAGMATISM; 9-10-METAMORPHISM

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES AND THE OCEANIC CRUST:
11-DISTRIBUTION AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION; 12-BACINI SEDIMENTARY AND PASSIVE MARGIN DEPOSITION: CONTINENTAL PLATFORM, SCARPS, TURBIDITIC SYSTEM. SYN, POST-RIFT; 13-VOLCANISM,OCEANIC CRUST COMPOSITION AND OPHIOLITES; 14-STYLE OF DEFOMATION;

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT STRIKE SLIP PLATE BOUNDARIES: 15-16: SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION.

INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY: DEFORMATION OF ROCKS, RHEOLOGY, MODE OF DEFORMATION, STRESS AND STRAIN, MOHR CIRCLE. BRITTLE DEFORMATION (ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION): FRACTURE, FAULTS, CLEAVAGE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLDS, PLANAR AND LINEAR FABRIC, SHEAR ZONE, MYLONITES,

INTRODUCTION TO SEDIMENTAOLOGY:
DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM (CLASTIC, CARBONATIC, EVAPORITIC). CONTINENTAL AND SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENT AND PASSIVE MARGIN. SEDIMENTOLOGICAL PROCESS AND STRUCTURES. BASICS OF SEQUENTIAL STRATIGRAPHY.

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.
E. L. PALMIERI e M. PAROTTO. IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. ZANICHELLI.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: A LABORATORY COURSE IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY,
STEHEN M. ROWLAND, ERNEST M. DUEBENDORFER, ILSA M. SCHIEFELBEIN. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Criteria for recognition of eruptive, magmatic and metamorphic rocks and relative textures in the field. Recognition of primary and secondary (tectonic) foliation in metamorphic rocks. Recognition and cartographic representation of faults, bedding and lithological contacts.

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.
E. L. PALMIERI e M. PAROTTO. IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. ZANICHELLI.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: A LABORATORY COURSE IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY,
STEHEN M. ROWLAND, ERNEST M. DUEBENDORFER, ILSA M. SCHIEFELBEIN. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

igneous petrology
classification and nomenclature of igneous rocks. igneous structures and field relationship.
diversification of magmas. magmatism and plate tectonic.
metamorphic petrology
the types of metamorphism. classification of metamorphic rocks. structures and textures of metamorphic rocks

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.

study of marine terraces and their tectonic meaning

hand-outs provided by the professor

INTRODUCTION:
1) THE EARTH SYSTEM: STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION. THE OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL CRUST. 2) DISTRIBUTION OF ROCKS ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE. THE ROCKS CYCLE. 3) INTRODUCTION TO PLATE BOUNDARY.

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES:
5- DISTRIBUTION AND SHAPE OF MOUNTAIN BELT; 6 – STYLE OF DEFORMATION, THRUST AND FOLD BELTS; 7-SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND FACIES DISTRIBUTION, 8- MAGMATISM; 9-10-METAMORPHISM

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES AND THE OCEANIC CRUST:
11-DISTRIBUTION AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION; 12-BACINI SEDIMENTARY AND PASSIVE MARGIN DEPOSITION: CONTINENTAL PLATFORM, SCARPS, TURBIDITIC SYSTEM. SYN, POST-RIFT; 13-VOLCANISM,OCEANIC CRUST COMPOSITION AND OPHIOLITES; 14-STYLE OF DEFOMATION;

LITHOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION AT STRIKE SLIP PLATE BOUNDARIES: 15-16: SEDIMENTARY BASIN AND STYLE OF DEFORMATION.

INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY: DEFORMATION OF ROCKS, RHEOLOGY, MODE OF DEFORMATION, STRESS AND STRAIN, MOHR CIRCLE. BRITTLE DEFORMATION (ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION): FRACTURE, FAULTS, CLEAVAGE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLDS, PLANAR AND LINEAR FABRIC, SHEAR ZONE, MYLONITES,

INTRODUCTION TO SEDIMENTAOLOGY:
DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM (CLASTIC, CARBONATIC, EVAPORITIC). CONTINENTAL AND SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENT AND PASSIVE MARGIN. SEDIMENTOLOGICAL PROCESS AND STRUCTURES. BASICS OF SEQUENTIAL STRATIGRAPHY.

MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.
E. L. PALMIERI e M. PAROTTO. IL GLOBO TERRESTRE E LA SUA EVOLUZIONE. ZANICHELLI.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: A LABORATORY COURSE IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY,
STEHEN M. ROWLAND, ERNEST M. DUEBENDORFER, ILSA M. SCHIEFELBEIN. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

COURSE PROGRAMME – 1ST SEMESTER
INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION OF CRYSTAL AND MINERAL. MINERALOGY IN EARTH SCIENCE. MINERALS AS ECONOMIC RESOURCE. HISTORY OF MINERALOGY.
CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY. SYMMETRY AND SYMMETRY OPERATIONS. THE 32 POINTS GROUPS. CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXES. THE 32 CLASSES AND SEVEN SYSTEMS OF CRYSTALS. AXIAL RATIOS, WEISS PARAMETERS, MILLER INDICES OF CRYSTAL FACES. CRYSTAL FORMS AND CRYSTAL HABIT. TWINNING. STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION OF CRYSTAL FACES AND FORMS.
CRYSTAL STRUCTURES. TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY: ROWS, PLANE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES. THE 14 BRAVAIS LATTICES. SYMMETRY OPERATIONS WITH TRANSLATION: SCREW AXES AND GLIDE PLANES. THE 230 SPACE GROUPS.
CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY. ATOMS AND IONS: STRUCTURE, ELECTRON AFFINITY, IONIZATION ENERGY, ELECTRONEGATIVITY, ATOMIC AND IONIC RADII. CHEMICAL BONDS AND BONDING. PACKING, COORDINATION, CHARGE BALANCE. PAULING'S RULES.
ENERGETICS AND MINERAL STABILITY. BASIC THERMODYNAMIC CONCEPTS. CRYSTALLIZATION AND CRYSTAL GROWTH. SOLID SOLUTIONS. PHASE TRANSITIONS AND PHASE DIAGRAMS. POLYMORPHISM. TWINNING AND CRYSTAL DEFECTS.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MINERALS. CALCULATION OF MINERAL FORMULAS FROM CHEMICAL ANALYSES. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS. MECHANICAL (HARDNESS, CLEAVAGE, TENACITY ETC.), ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC PROPERTIES. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. COLOR AND OPTICAL EFFECTS (ASTERISM, CHATOYANCY, PLAY OF COLORS, ETC.).
SYSTEMATIC MINERALOGY. MINERAL CLASSIFICATION. SYSTEMATIC OF NON-SILICATE MINERALS. SYSTEMATIC OF SILICATE MINERALS.
PRACTICAL. CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY. STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS. IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS IN HAND SPECIMEN.

COURSE PROGRAMME – 2ND SEMESTER.
OPTICAL PROPERTIES. NATURE OF LIGHT AS AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE: WAVE NOMENCLATURE, WAVE FRONT, WAVE NORMAL, PHASE AND INTERFERENCE. POLARIZING MICROSCOPE. REFLECTION, REFRACTION, DISPERSION AND POLARIZATION. REFRACTIVE INDICES AND SNELL'S LAW. BIREFRINGENCE. UNIAXIAL AND BIAXIAL INDICATRIX. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS USING POLARIZED LIGHT: COLOR, FORM AND HABIT, CLEAVAGE, PLEOCHROISM, REFRACTIVE INDEX, RELIEF, BECKE LINE. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS USING CROSSED POLARS: INTERFERENCE COLORS, EXTINCTION, AND ELONGATION SIGN. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS USING CONVERGENT POLARIZED LIGHT: UNIAXIAL AND BIAXIAL INTERFERENCE FIGURES (OPTIC SIGN, 2V AND BIREFRINGENCE). OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MOST COMMON ROCK FORMING MINERALS.
LABORATORY. INTRODUCTION TO THE PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPE. RELIEF AND BECKE LINE TEST. COLOR AND PLEOCHROISM. INTERFERENCE COLORS AND BIREFRINGENCE ESTIMATION. INTERFERENCE FIGURES OF UNIAXIAL AND BIAXIAL MINERALS. OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL ROCK FORMING MINERALS.

KLEIN C. (2004). MINERALOGIA. ZANICHELLI.
DEER W.A., HOWIE R.A. & ZUSSMAN J. (1994). INTRODUZIONE AI MINERALI CHE COSTITUISCONO LE ROCCE. ZANICHELLI.
MOTTANA A. (1989). FONDAMENTI DI MINERALOGIA GEOLOGICA. ZANICHELLI.

AND EVENTUALLY ALSO:
DYAR M.D. E GUNTER M. (2008). MINERALOGY AND OPTICAL MINERALOGY. MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
PUTNIS A. (1992). INTRODUCTION TO MINERAL SCIENCES. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
BLOSS F.D. (1999). OPTICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Course programme – 1st semester
Introduction. Definition of crystal and mineral. Mineralogy in earth science. Minerals as economic resource. History of mineralogy.
Crystal morphology. Symmetry and symmetry operations. The 32 points groups. Crystallographic axes. The 32 classes and seven systems of crystals. Axial ratios, weiss parameters, miller indices of crystal faces. Crystal forms and crystal habit. Twinning. Stereographic projection of crystal faces and forms.
Crystal structures. Translational symmetry: rows, plane and three-dimensional lattices. The 14 bravais lattices. Symmetry operations with translation: screw axes and glide planes. The 230 space groups.
Crystal chemistry. Atoms and ions: structure, electron affinity, ionization energy, electronegativity, atomic and ionic radii. Chemical bonds and bonding. Packing, coordination, charge balance. Pauling's rules.
Energetics and mineral stability. Basic thermodynamic concepts. Crystallization and crystal growth. Solid solutions. Phase transitions and phase diagrams. Polymorphism. Twinning and crystal defects.
Chemical composition of minerals. Calculation of mineral formulas from chemical analyses. Graphical representation and interpretation of data.
Physical properties of minerals. Mechanical (hardness, cleavage, tenacity etc.), electrical, magnetic properties. Specific gravity. Color and optical effects (asterism, chatoyancy, play of colors, etc.).
Systematic mineralogy. Mineral classification. Systematic of non-silicate minerals. Systematic of silicate minerals.
Practical. Crystal morphology. Stereographic projections. Identification of minerals in hand specimen.

Course programme – 2nd semester.
Optical properties. Nature of light as an electromagnetic wave: wave nomenclature, wave front, wave normal, phase and interference. Polarizing microscope. Reflection, refraction, dispersion and polarization. Refractive indices and snell's law. Birefringence. Uniaxial and biaxial indicatrix. Optical properties of minerals using polarized light: color, form and habit, cleavage, pleochroism, refractive index, relief, becke line. Optical properties of minerals using crossed polars: interference colors, extinction, and elongation sign. Optical properties of minerals using convergent polarized light: uniaxial and biaxial interference figures (optic sign, 2v and birefringence). Optical properties of the most common rock forming minerals.
Laboratory. Introduction to the petrographic microscope. Relief and becke line test. Color and pleochroism. Interference colors and birefringence estimation. Interference figures of uniaxial and biaxial minerals. Optical properties and identification of the principal rock forming minerals.

KLEIN C. (2004). MINERALOGIA. ZANICHELLI.
DEER W.A., HOWIE R.A. & ZUSSMAN J. (1994). INTRODUZIONE AI MINERALI CHE COSTITUISCONO LE ROCCE. ZANICHELLI.
MOTTANA A. (1989). FONDAMENTI DI MINERALOGIA GEOLOGICA. ZANICHELLI.

AND ALSO:
DYAR M.D. E GUNTER M. (2008). MINERALOGY AND OPTICAL MINERALOGY. MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
PUTNIS A. (1992). INTRODUCTION TO MINERAL SCIENCES. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
BLOSS F.D. (1999). OPTICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Various material provided by the teacher according to the themes developed during the course.

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. METAMORPHISM OF CALCAREOUS ROCKS.

1)AN INTRODUCTION TO IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY. JOHN D. WINTER.PRENTICE HALL NEW JERSEY.
2)MAGMATISMO E METAMORFISMO. D’AMICO C., INNOCENTI, F., SASSI F.P. UTET.
3) PETROGRAFIA MICROSCOPICA. ZEZZA U. LA GOLIARDICA PAVESE
4)MATERIAL FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR

PARTE I :
COSMOCHIMICA (2H). PROCESSI DI NUCLEOSINTESI E STABILITÀ DEGLI ELEMENTI (2H). ABBONDANZA DEGLI ELEMENTI NELLA TERRA E LORO DISTRIBUZIONE NELLE SFERE GEOCHIMICHE (4H). LA CLASSIFICAZIONE GEOCHIMICA DEGLI ELEMENTI: MAGGIORI, MINORI, IN TRACCE (4H). COMPORTAMENTO DEGLI ELEMENTI NEL CORSO DEI PROCESSI MAGMATICI: COEFFICIENTE DI RIPARTIZIONE, ELEMENTI COMPATIBILI E INCOMPATIBILI (4H). MODELLAZIONE GEOCHIMICA DEI PROCESSI DI FUSIONE PARZIALE E CRISTALLIZZAZIONE FRAZIONATA (4H). INTRODUZIONE ALLA GEOCRONOLOGIA RADIOMETRICA (4H): ACCUMULATION CLOCK, DECAY CLOCK, DISEQUILIBRIUM. METODI CRONOLOGICI DEL K/AR, C-14 E RB/SR. INTRODUZIONE ALLA GEOCHIMICA DEGLI ISOTOPI STABILI (2H).
PARTE II :
COMPORTAMENTO DEGLI ELEMENTI DURANTE I PROCESSI SUPERGENICI. PROCESSI DI WEATHERING E RUOLO DELL’ACQUA (4H). FATTORI CHE CONTROLLANO IL COMPORTAMENTO GEOCHIMICO DEGLI ELEMENTI DURANTE IL TRASPORTO E LA SEDIMENTAZIONE: POTENZIALE IONICO, PH, EH (4H). PROCESSI DI ASSORBIMENTO (2H). GEOCHIMICA DELL’IDROSFERA: ACQUE CONTINENTALI (SUPERFICIALI E SOTTERRANEE) (6H). INTERAZIONE ACQUA/ROCCIA. ACQUE MINERALI E LORO UTILIZZAZIONE DA PARTE DELL’UOMO (4H). CENNI DI RADIOATTIVITÀ AMBIENTALE, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO AL PROBLEMA RADON. MISURA DELLA RADIOATTIVITÀ NATURALE ATTRAVERSO LA SPETTROMETRIA GAMMA (4H).

W.M. WHITE (2005) - GEOCHEMISTRY, DISPONIBILE ONLINE AL SEGUENTE INDIRIZZO: HTTP://WWW.IMWA.INFO/GEOCHEMISTRY

PARTE I :
COSMOCHIMICA (2H). PROCESSI DI NUCLEOSINTESI E STABILITÀ DEGLI ELEMENTI (2H). ABBONDANZA DEGLI ELEMENTI NELLA TERRA E LORO DISTRIBUZIONE NELLE SFERE GEOCHIMICHE (4H). LA CLASSIFICAZIONE GEOCHIMICA DEGLI ELEMENTI: MAGGIORI, MINORI, IN TRACCE (4H). COMPORTAMENTO DEGLI ELEMENTI NEL CORSO DEI PROCESSI MAGMATICI: COEFFICIENTE DI RIPARTIZIONE, ELEMENTI COMPATIBILI E INCOMPATIBILI (4H). MODELLAZIONE GEOCHIMICA DEI PROCESSI DI FUSIONE PARZIALE E CRISTALLIZZAZIONE FRAZIONATA (4H). INTRODUZIONE ALLA GEOCRONOLOGIA RADIOMETRICA (4H): ACCUMULATION CLOCK, DECAY CLOCK, DISEQUILIBRIUM. METODI CRONOLOGICI DEL K/AR, C-14 E RB/SR. INTRODUZIONE ALLA GEOCHIMICA DEGLI ISOTOPI STABILI (2H).
PARTE II :
COMPORTAMENTO DEGLI ELEMENTI DURANTE I PROCESSI SUPERGENICI. PROCESSI DI WEATHERING E RUOLO DELL’ACQUA (4H). FATTORI CHE CONTROLLANO IL COMPORTAMENTO GEOCHIMICO DEGLI ELEMENTI DURANTE IL TRASPORTO E LA SEDIMENTAZIONE: POTENZIALE IONICO, PH, EH (4H). PROCESSI DI ASSORBIMENTO (2H). GEOCHIMICA DELL’IDROSFERA: ACQUE CONTINENTALI (SUPERFICIALI E SOTTERRANEE) (6H). INTERAZIONE ACQUA/ROCCIA. ACQUE MINERALI E LORO UTILIZZAZIONE DA PARTE DELL’UOMO (4H). CENNI DI RADIOATTIVITÀ AMBIENTALE, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO AL PROBLEMA RADON. MISURA DELLA RADIOATTIVITÀ NATURALE ATTRAVERSO LA SPETTROMETRIA GAMMA (4H).

W.M. WHITE (2005) - GEOCHEMISTRY, DISPONIBILE ONLINE AL SEGUENTE INDIRIZZO: HTTP://WWW.IMWA.INFO/GEOCHEMISTRY

THE CONCEPTS OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
THE EARTH AS A PLACET. PRINCIPLES OF SEISMOLOGY. EARTH STRUCTURE FROM SEISMIC DATA. PRINCIPLES OF MAIN EARTH STRUCTURES.
PRINCIPLES ON EARTH STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION .EARTH CRUST. MAIN STRUCTURES OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE. MAIN STRUCTURES OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE.
-KINEMATICS OF THE ACTIVE PLANET. PLATE TECTONICS (OR GLOBAL TECTONICS).
MAIN PRINCIPLES OF THE THEORY. DIVERGINE PLATE MARGINS. CONVERGING PLATE MARGINS.
GEODYNAMICS AND THE “ENGINE” OF PLATE MOTIONS.
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH. STRUCTURAL-GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF HE ITALIAN AREA. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. PRINCIPLES OF EARTH HISTORY.

DUFF D. PRINCIPI DI GEOLOGIA FISICA DI HOLMES, PICCIN NUOVA LIBRARIA, PADOVA, 1998; KEAREY P., VINE F.J. TETTONICA GLOBALE, ZANICHELLI; C.M.R. FOWLER THE SOLID EARTH CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

THE CONCEPTS OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
THE EARTH AS A PLACET. PRINCIPLES OF SEISMOLOGY. EARTH STRUCTURE FROM SEISMIC DATA. PRINCIPLES OF MAIN EARTH STRUCTURES.
PRINCIPLES ON EARTH STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION .EARTH CRUST. MAIN STRUCTURES OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE. MAIN STRUCTURES OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE.
-KINEMATICS OF THE ACTIVE PLANET. PLATE TECTONICS (OR GLOBAL TECTONICS).
MAIN PRINCIPLES OF THE THEORY. DIVERGINE PLATE MARGINS. CONVERGING PLATE MARGINS.
GEODYNAMICS AND THE “ENGINE” OF PLATE MOTIONS.
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH. STRUCTURAL-GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF HE ITALIAN AREA. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. PRINCIPLES OF EARTH HISTORY.

DUFF D. PRINCIPI DI GEOLOGIA FISICA DI HOLMES, PICCIN NUOVA LIBRARIA, PADOVA, 1998;
KEAREY P., VINE F.J. TETTONICA GLOBALE, ZANICHELLI; C.M.R. FOWLER THE SOLID EARTH CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

The course program includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics:
INFLUENCE OF GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN ENGINEERING PROJECTS AND ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ELEMENTS OF SOIL MECHANICS: PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, ATTEMBERG LIMITS, CHARACTERIZATION OF SOILS, EFFECTIVE STRESS, CONSOLIDATION; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF ROCKS AND SOILS; HYDROGEOLOGY: DARCY’S LAW, HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ROCKS AND SOILS, TYPES OF SPRING, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GROUNDWATER, HYDROGEOLOGICAL BUDGET, COLLCETION OF GROUNDWATER, WELLS AND SPRINGS; GEOGNOSTIC SURVEY: PLANNING, EXECUTING AND MANAGEMENT OF A GEOGNOSTIC SURVEY, MECHANICAL TESTS IN SITU, ROCK AND SOIL SAMPLING, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, TYPES OF FOUNDATION, LEGAL AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS; GEOLOGICAL, HYDROGEOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; GEOTHEMATIC MAPS; GEOLOGICAL REPORT

- GONZÀLES DE VALLEJO L.I., GEOINGEGNERIA, PEARSON EDUCATION ITALIA (MI);
- CASADIO M. & ELMI C., IL MANUALE DEL GEOLOGO, EDITRICE PITAGORA (BO);
- CESTARI F., PROVE GEOTECNICHE IN SITU, EDIZIONI GEO-GRAPH (SEGRATE-MI);
- SCESI L.,PAPINI M. & GATTINONI P., PRINCIPI DI GEOLOGIA APPLICATA, CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA (MI);
- CERBINI G., IL MANUALE DELLE ACQUE SOTTERRANEE, EDITRICE GEO-GRAPH (SEGRATE-MI);
- VALLARIO A., FRANE E TERRITORIO, LIGUORI EDITORE (NA);
- MASSIMO CIVITA, IDROGEOLOGIA APPLICATA E AMBIENTALE, CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA (MI).

THIS COURSE ADDRESSES SOME BASIC NOTIONS (FACIES, ROCK FORMING PROCESSES, TECTONIC PROCESSES, WEATHERING, ETC.) TOGETHER WITH SOME TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTING DATA FROM THE FIELD AND REPRESENTING THEM ON A MAP. THIS COURSE ADDRESSES SOME MAIN POINTS: 1) AIMS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (COGNITIVE AND APPLIED); 2) USE OF DIFFERENT MAP SCALES; 3) METHODS FOR DOING THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC, BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC, CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC, AND MIXED CRITERIA). AIDS FOR THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BE ABLE FOR READING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND INTERPRETING AERO PHOTOS, MEASUREMENTS OF GEOLOGICAL SURFACES, PRINCIPLES OF STRATIMETRY (BEDDING, REAL AND APPARENT THICKNESS, INTERSECTION LINE BETWEEN DIFFERENT SURFACES), MACROSCOPIC OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN ROCK TYPES. GEOMETRIES OF UNDEFORMED AND DEFORMED ROCKS. BASIC UNITS FOR THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: FROM FORMATION TO UBSU.
INTRODUCTION TO THE LAB AND FIELD ACTIVITIES: THE MAIN FIELD OPERATIONS AND DATA PROCESSING.
THE FIELD ACTIVITIES WILL BE DONE IN FIELD TRIPS LEADED IN DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL AREAS FOR WORKING ON KEY AREAS OF THE CENTRAL APENNINES. EACH FIELD TRIP WILL BE PREPARED IN CLASSROOM, LOOKING AT BOTH THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE AREA. SUBSEQUENTLY, ONE DAY OF FIELD TRIP ALLOW STUDENTS TO COLLECT GEOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE KEY AREA. DURING THEIR FIELD WORK STUDENTS WILL BE LEADED TO TAKE BEDDING AND FAULT PLANE MEASUREMENTS, TO RECOGNIZE THE MAIN ROCK TYPES USING A FIELD LENS, TO DRAW STRATIGRAPHIC LOGS, TO TAKE THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS, AND TO DO OTHER ACTIVITIES USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THAT KEY AREA. ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF THE FIELD ACTIVITIES WILL BE TO PUT THE GEOLOGICAL DATA ON BOTH THE TOPO MAP AND ON THE FIELD BOOK.
THE COLLECTED DATA WILL BE MANAGED IN CLASSROOM AND WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH AERO PHOTOS OBSERVATIONS. FOR EACH FIELD EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS WILL PROVIDE A GEOLOGICAL MAP WITH SOME SCHEMES, INCLUDING THE STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT MAPPED UNITS, AND SOME CROSS-SECTIONS, TO ILLUSTRATE THE 3D SETTING OF THE ANALYSED AREA.
WHEN IT IS THE CASE, SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS WILL BE DISCUSSED FOR THE DIFFERENT ANALYSED AREAS (HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTING, TUNNELLING OR ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS, ETC.).

CREMONINI G. - RILEVAMENTO GEOLOGICO. - ED. PITAGORA, BOLOGNA, 1985.
DAMIANI A. - GEOLOGIA SUL TERRENO E RILEVAMENTO GEOLOGICO. - ED. GRASSO, BOLOGNA, 1984.
BUTLER B.C. & BELL J.D.- LETTURA E INTERPRETAZIONE DELLE CARTE GEOLOGICHE. - ED. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA, 1991.
MORE: GEOLOGICAL MAPS, TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS, AERO PHOTOS, AND ARTICLES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WILL BE OBJECT OF THE FIELD TRIPS, WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURSE.

THIS COURSE ADDRESSES SOME BASIC NOTIONS (FACIES, ROCK FORMING PROCESSES, TECTONIC PROCESSES, WEATHERING, ETC.) TOGETHER WITH SOME TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTING DATA FROM THE FIELD AND REPRESENTING THEM ON A MAP. THIS COURSE ADDRESSES SOME MAIN POINTS: 1) AIMS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (COGNITIVE AND APPLIED); 2) USE OF DIFFERENT MAP SCALES; 3) METHODS FOR DOING THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC, BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC, CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC, AND MIXED CRITERIA). AIDS FOR THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BE ABLE FOR READING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND INTERPRETING AERO PHOTOS, MEASUREMENTS OF GEOLOGICAL SURFACES, PRINCIPLES OF STRATIMETRY (BEDDING, REAL AND APPARENT THICKNESS, INTERSECTION LINE BETWEEN DIFFERENT SURFACES), MACROSCOPIC OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN ROCK TYPES. GEOMETRIES OF UNDEFORMED AND DEFORMED ROCKS. BASIC UNITS FOR THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: FROM FORMATION TO UBSU.
INTRODUCTION TO THE LAB AND FIELD ACTIVITIES: THE MAIN FIELD OPERATIONS AND DATA PROCESSING.
THE FIELD ACTIVITIES WILL BE DONE IN FIELD TRIPS LEADED IN DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL AREAS FOR WORKING ON KEY AREAS OF THE CENTRAL APENNINES. EACH FIELD TRIP WILL BE PREPARED IN CLASSROOM, LOOKING AT BOTH THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE AREA. SUBSEQUENTLY, ONE DAY OF FIELD TRIP ALLOW STUDENTS TO COLLECT GEOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE KEY AREA. DURING THEIR FIELD WORK STUDENTS WILL BE LEADED TO TAKE BEDDING AND FAULT PLANE MEASUREMENTS, TO RECOGNIZE THE MAIN ROCK TYPES USING A FIELD LENS, TO DRAW STRATIGRAPHIC LOGS, TO TAKE THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS, AND TO DO OTHER ACTIVITIES USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THAT KEY AREA. ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF THE FIELD ACTIVITIES WILL BE TO PUT THE GEOLOGICAL DATA ON BOTH THE TOPO MAP AND ON THE FIELD BOOK.
THE COLLECTED DATA WILL BE MANAGED IN CLASSROOM AND WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH AERO PHOTOS OBSERVATIONS. FOR EACH FIELD EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS WILL PROVIDE A GEOLOGICAL MAP WITH SOME SCHEMES, INCLUDING THE STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT MAPPED UNITS, AND SOME CROSS-SECTIONS, TO ILLUSTRATE THE 3D SETTING OF THE ANALYSED AREA.
WHEN IT IS THE CASE, SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS WILL BE DISCUSSED FOR THE DIFFERENT ANALYSED AREAS (HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTING, TUNNELLING OR ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS, ETC.)

CREMONINI G. - RILEVAMENTO GEOLOGICO. - ED. PITAGORA, BOLOGNA, 1985.
DAMIANI A. - GEOLOGIA SUL TERRENO E RILEVAMENTO GEOLOGICO. - ED. GRASSO, BOLOGNA, 1984.
BUTLER B.C. & BELL J.D.- LETTURA E INTERPRETAZIONE DELLE CARTE GEOLOGICHE. - ED. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA, 1991.
MORE: GEOLOGICAL MAPS, TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS, AERO PHOTOS, AND ARTICLES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WILL BE OBJECT OF THE FIELD TRIPS, WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURSE.