Programme

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.

Core Documentation

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

Reference Bibliography

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

Type of delivery of the course

The course is organized with theoretical lectures and pratical teaching in the optical mineralogy and petrography laboratory.

Attendance

the attendance of theoretical lectures and pratical teaching in the optical mineralogy and petrography laboratory is mandatory.

Type of evaluation

The exam consists in a written test, organized with open questions on the theoretical aspects of petrology and in a practical test that consists in the recognition and description of igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin sections under optical microscopy. The oral examination will be based upon the written tests.

Programme

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.

Core Documentation

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

Reference Bibliography

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

Type of delivery of the course

The course is organized with theoretical lectures and practical teaching in the optical mineralogy and petrography laboratory.

Attendance

The attendance of theoretical lectures and practical teaching in the optical mineralogy and petrography laboratory is mandatory.

Type of evaluation

The exam consists in a written test, organized with open questions on the theoretical aspects of petrology and in a practical test that consists in the recognition and description of igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin sections under optical microscopy. The oral examination will be based upon the written tests.