OBIECTIVE OF THE COURSE ARE:
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.
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.
teacher profile teaching materials
DYNAMIC EARTH, PLATES, PLUMES AND MANTLE CONVECTION, DAVIES, G.F., CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1999.
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE.
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Programme
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.Core Documentation
EARTH STRUCTURE: AN INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS (SECOND EDITION). B. A. VAN DER PLUIJM , S. MARSHAK (NORTON & COMPANY, 2004)DYNAMIC EARTH, PLATES, PLUMES AND MANTLE CONVECTION, DAVIES, G.F., CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1999.
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE.
Type of delivery of the course
Frontal teaching, practicals both in class and at home, reading of scientific papers, seminarsAttendance
Mandatory attendencyType of evaluation
Grades will be computed based on this relative weighting scheme: Presentation and discussion of 1 paper suggested by the Instructor 30% Oral exam on the base of the program presented during the course 60% Class partecipation 10%