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B015669 - GEOLOGY I AND LABORATORY
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Suggested readings
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Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Earth Sciences (DST)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
GEO/02 - STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY
Credits
12
Teaching Hours
108
Teaching Term
22/02/2021 ⇒ 11/06/2021
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The role of geologists in the 21st century: The Earth system and its dynamics over time; Llithogenetic processes: igneous , metamorphic and sedimentary rocks . The rocks over time : basic principles of stratigraphy ; The rocks in space : geological structures and reading geological maps
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Frank Press, Raymond Siever, John Grotzinger, Thomas H Jordan, CAPIRE LA TERRA second-third edition italian, Zanichelli
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons: 72 h.
LaboratorY: 36 h.
There will be five/six field excursions
LaboratorY: 36 h.
There will be five/six field excursions
Further information
Powerpoint presentations will be available
Type of Assessment
During the course the students must complete some exercises. The final oral examination will include a rock sample description and classification, comments on picture of geologic outcrops and structures, reading of a geological map and interpretation of stratigraphic and structural features
Course program
The Earth System in a geological perspective. Composition and internal structure of the Earth. The rocks and their genesis (rock cycle,: weathering, transportation and deposition of sediments; diagenesis). Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks: mineral composition, classification and processes. Geologic structures: joints, faults and folds. Introductory notes of Historical Geology. Principles of Stratigraphy and the Geologic Time Scale. Earth's resources.