20402345 -
GEOPHYSICS AND LABORATORY
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THIS COURSE WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT TO DEVELOP A BROAD WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE EARTH AND ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCES. THE ONLY MATHEMATICAL BAKGROUND REQUIRED IS THET GIVEN BY BASIC CALCULUS, ALL OTHER MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS ARE INTRODUCTED IN THE CONTEXT.
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DELLA MONICA GIUSEPPE
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- 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
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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.
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20401942 -
GEOLOGY I AND LABORATORY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SUMMER FIELD COURSE
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PROVIDE BASIC ELEMENTS TO RECOGNIZE, DESCRIBE AND CLASSIFY SEDIMENTARY, MAGMATIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RECONSTRUCTION OF GENETIC PROCESS AND TECTONIC ENVIROMENTS. RECOGNIZE, ANALYZE AND DESCRIBE TECTONIC STRUCTURE.
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CORRADO SVEVA
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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.
( reference books)
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.
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ROSSETTI FEDERICO
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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.
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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.
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ROMANO CLAUDIA
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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
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MATERIALS FURNISHED BY THE PROFESSOR.
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GLIOZZI ELSA
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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.
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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.
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20401976 -
INTRODUCTION TO VOLCANOLOGY
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DESCRIPTION: ACQUISITION OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF VOLCANOLOGY
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20401976 INTRODUZIONE ALLA VULCANOLOGIA in SCIENZE GEOLOGICHE (DM 270) L-34 N0 TARCHINI LUCA
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ORIGIN AND TRANSPORT OF MAGMA: MELTING THE MANTLE, MIGRATION OF MELT. PLATE TECTONICS AND VOLCANISM. COMPOSITIONS AND VOLATILES IN MAGMAS. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MAGMAS. EXPLOSIVE AND EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS. PRODUCTS OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. PLIO-PLEISTOCENIC VOLCANISM IN ITALY. VOLCANIC HAZARDS AND VOLCANO MONITORING. ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF VOLCANISM. VOLCANOES AND CLIMATE
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GIACOMELLI & SCANDONE: VULCANI ED ERUZIONI (2002)-PITAGORA ED.. ELISABETH A. PARFITT AND LIONEL WILSON - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY 2008, BY BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD A BLACKWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY APPUNTI DELLE LEZIONI CON ESERCIZI NUMERICI SVOLTI, A CURA DEL DOCENTE
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20402175 -
SYSTEMATIC MINERALOGY
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ADVANCED STUDY OF THE CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE
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20402396 MINERALOGIA SISTEMATICA in GEOLOGIA DEL TERRITORIO E DELLE RISORSE (DM 270) LM-74 N0 BELLATRECCIA FABIO
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The course is divided into two parts and the topics covered in the first part are: 1. The crystal structures of minerals. 2. Crystal chemistry of the elements, Pauling rules and mineral chemistry. 3. Solid solutions. 4. Thermodynamics of phase transitions and types of polymorphic transformation. 5. Crystallization, crystal growth and mineral genesis. 6. Physical properties of minerals (optics, elasticity, etc.). The second part of the course is focused on the classification criteria of minerals with the aim of explaining to students how minerals are classified. In detail, it will be illustrated minerals groups and species that are relevant in the geological field (rock forming minerals) and the technological application (Nb - Ta minerals, REE minerals, zeolites, perovkites). The course also includes a practical part on the mineral identification by using the principal analytical method (X-ray diffraction, SEM-EDS chemical analysis, optical mineralogy). Some day trips are also planned at locations of particular mineralogical interest. The final exam consists of an essay in the form of a presentation about one or more mineral species.
( reference books)
A. Mottana: Fondamenti di Mineralogia Geologica. Zanichelli, Bologna. Deer, Wa, Howie, Ra E Zussman, J: Introduzione ai Minerali che costituiscono le rocce. Zanichelli, Bologna. C. Klein: Mineralogia. Zanichelli, Bologna. M.D. Dyar, M.E. Gunther, D. Tasa: Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society Of America.
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20402176 -
VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
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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.).
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20402347 -
INTRODUCTION TO TECTONICS
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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.
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FUNICIELLO FRANCESCA
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INTRODUCTION. GENERAL FOUNDATIONS. CRUST (OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL), LITHOSPHERE (OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL) AND MANTLE: OVERVIEW ON COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, RHEOLOGY, THERMAL PROFILE. TECTONICS: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. PLATE MARGINS. EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS: GEOMETRY AND KINEMATICS OF NORMAL FAULTS, ORIGIN OF RIFT SYSTEMS, RIFTING MODELS, AND EVOLUTION OF A RIFTING SYSTEM, SEDIMENTATION/TOPOGRAPHY AND MAGMATISM ASSOCIATED TO RIFTING, MID-OCEAN RIDGES, PASSIVE MARGINS. COMPRESSIVE TECTONICS: GEOMETRY, KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS OF CONVERGENT AND COLLISIONAL MARGINS, OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE, ARCHITECTURE, KINEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF COLLISIONAL BELTS. STRIKE-SLIP TECTONICS: TRANSFORM AND STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS AND RELATED GEODYNAMICS, TRANSPRESSION AND TRANSTENSION, PULL-APART BASINS. HOT SPOT AND MANTLE PLUMES. HAZARD LINKED TO TECTONIC PROCESSES: DEFINITION OF RISK, EARTHQUAKES, MEGA-EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMI, VOLCANOES, LAND-SLIDES. INTEGRATION: GEOMAPAPP, SEISMIC METHODS, ANALOG MODELING, NUMERICAL MODELING AS TOOLS TO STUDY TECTONIC PROCESSES.
( reference books)
EARTH STRUCTURE: AN INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS (SECOND EDITION). B. A. VAN DER PLUIJM , S. MARSHAK (NORTON & COMPANY, 2004) - PLATE BOUNDARY ZONES. S. STEIN, J.T. FREYMUELLER, ED. AGU GEODYNAMIC SERIES, VOL. 30, 2002. - DYNAMIC EARTH, PLATES, PLUMES AND MANTLE CONVECTION, DAVIES, G.F., CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1999. - GEODYNAMICS: SECOND EDITION, TURCOTTE, D. L. AND SCHUBERT, G., JOHN WILEY & SONS, NEW YORK, 2002. - BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE.
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20402348 -
INTRODUCTION TO SEDIMENTOLOGY
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THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SEDIMENTOLOGY THROUGH THE STUDY OF SEDIMENTS, THE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THEY ARE FORMED AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT CONTROL TRANSPORT AND SEDIMENTATION.
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CIPOLLARI PAOLA
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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
( reference books)
BOGGS S., JR. (2012). PRINCIPLES OF SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY. PEARSON EDUCATION, INC., PEARSON PRENTICE HALL. RICCI LUCCHI F. (1980)- SEDIMENTOLOGIA, PARTE I, II, III. CLUEB, BOLOGNA; RICCI LUCCHI F. (1992). SEDIMENTOGRAFIA. ATLANTE FOTOGRAFICI DELLE STRUTTURE E DEI SEDIMENTI. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
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20402394 -
EARTH PHYSICS
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The course aims to introduce the students to global studies of the Earth's interior through geophysical methods. Students will acquire knowledge of the physical properties of the Earth’s interior and they will learn theoretical and applicative aspects of seismological observations and of gravitational and magnetic fields.
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20402394 FISICA TERRESTRE in GEOLOGIA DEL TERRITORIO E DELLE RISORSE (DM 270) LM-74 N0 CAMMARANO FABIO
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Global seismology, gravity, geomagnetism and physical properties of the Earth will be treated. The course will involve a practical part with a “hands-on” approach to learn basics of seismic inversion. The course can be held in English.
Detailed Programme: Introduction: overview of Earth's interior structure and geophysical remote-sensing methodologies: current knowledge and open questions. Mathematical background: vector operations and transformation, matrix algebra, vector calculus. Gravity: Newton’s formula, gravitational potential, Laplace equation and its solution in spherical harmonics, Earth’s shape: reference ellipsoid and geoid, Isostasy, Airy and Pratt’s models, gravity anomalies: measurements, interpretation and applications. Earth’s rotation: centripetal and centrifugal acceleration, Milankovitch’s cycles, acceleration of Coriolis. Geomagnetism: Dipolar magnetic field, Earth’s magnetic field and its morphology, Laplace eq., internal and external contributions, dipole Earth’s field and higher terms, power spectrum, reference field, regional and local anomalies. The magnetic minerals. Secular and rapid variations. Magnetic surveying: measure and interpretation of magnetic anomalies. Thermal balance of the Earth: solar radiation and internal heat, radioactivity, heat transport: conduction, convection, steady-state conductive equation, time-dependent conduction, heat flow in continents and oceans: applications, mantle geotherms. Physical properties: elasticity: linear elasticity, stress and strain, elastic parameters, constitutive equations. Rheology: rheology of fluids, Navier-Stokes equation, rheological models, anelasticity: visco-elastic deformation at seismic frequencies. Seismology: P and S seismic waves, surface waves, free oscillations. Propagation and attenuation of plane and spherical waves, ray theory, Earthquakes’ origin, determination of hypocentral parameters, seismographic networks, magnitude, energy, seismic moment, time and space distribution of Earthquakes, focal mechanisms. Earth’s seismic structure, anisotropy, inverse theory: body-wave tomography, surface-wave tomography.
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LOWRIE, FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOPHYSICS, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, PP 1-375 STEIN AND WYSESSION, AN INTRODUCTION TO SEISMOLOGY, EARTHQUAKES, AND EARTH STRUCTURE BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, PP. 1-498 LECTURE NOTES DISTRIBUTED DURING THE COURSE.
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20402395 -
GEORESOURCES AND GEOMATERIALS
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KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL MATERIALS USED AS RESOURCES IN INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSTRUCTIONS
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20402395 GEORISORSE E GEOMATERIALI in GEOLOGIA DEL TERRITORIO E DELLE RISORSE (DM 270) LM-74 N0 DELLA VENTURA GIANCARLO
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AFTER A RECALL OF THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MINERALS USED AS GEORESOURCES, THE COURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE MAIN APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL MATERIALS IN INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE; EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVE TO ZEOLITES, CONCRETE AND CERAMICS. THE OCCURRENCE AND PROPERTIES OF THE MAIN NATURAL MATERIALS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS WILL BE ALSO TREATED. FIELD TRIPS TO QUARRIES WILL ALSO BE ORGANIZED.
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VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND ALSO C. KLEIN: MINERALOGIA. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA. D.J. VAUGHAN, R.A. WOGELIUS: ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY. BUDAPEST, EOTVOS UNIVERSITY PRESS 2000 ED INOLTRE TEACHING DOCUMENTS AND TEXTBOOKS ONLINE, vedi http://www.minersoc-emg.org; http://www.pptnetwork.net/LECTURE-NOTE-ON-ECONOMIC-GEOLOGY
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20402389 -
GEOSTATISTICS
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