TO PROVIDE THE BASIS ON PLANET KINEMATICS, PRINCIPLES OF REGIONAL AND HISTORICAL GEOLOGY. INTERPRETATION OF GEOLOGICAL MAPS AT THE REGIONAL SCALE.
teacher profile teaching materials
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.
Programme
THE CONCEPTS OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTHTHE 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.
Core Documentation
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 PRESSReference Bibliography
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lesson and practical exerciseAttendance
required presence lessons and practical exerciseType of evaluation
oral discussion and geological cross section