The course provides the basic knowledge on the processes and deformations related to magma rise and emplacement and on the structure of volcanoes, also to understand pre-eruptive processes.
teacher profile teaching materials
- DEFORMATIONS INDUCED BY MAGMATIC ACTIVITY: RISE OF MAGMA THROUGH DIAPIRS; PROPAGATION AND EMPLACEMENT OF DIKES; FORMATION OF SILLS, LACCOLITHS AND MAGMA CHAMBERS; VERTICAL MOVEMENTS IN VOLCANIC AREAS (CALDERAS, RESURGENCES, BRADYSEISMS); SECTOR COLLAPSES OF VOLCANIC EDIFICES; MONITORING OF VOLCANIC AREAS: ANALYSIS OF DEFORMATION AND SOURCES.
- REGIONAL CONTROL OF EXTENSIONAL, STRIKE-SLIP AND COMPRESSIVE TECTONICS ON VOLCANISM: CONTINENTAL, TRANSITIONAL AND OCEANIC RIFTS, OBLIQUELY AND ORTHOGONALLY CONVERGENT MARGINS, BACK-ARC BASINS; EARTHQUAKE-VOLCANO INTERACTIONS; HOT SPOTS.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND ERUPTIONS: HAZARD MITIGATION AND APPLICATIONS TO ITALIAN VOLCANOES.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.
Programme
VOLCANISM AND PLATE-TECTONICS; MAGMA-TRIGGERING AND MAGMA-INDUCED STRUCTURES.- DEFORMATIONS INDUCED BY MAGMATIC ACTIVITY: RISE OF MAGMA THROUGH DIAPIRS; PROPAGATION AND EMPLACEMENT OF DIKES; FORMATION OF SILLS, LACCOLITHS AND MAGMA CHAMBERS; VERTICAL MOVEMENTS IN VOLCANIC AREAS (CALDERAS, RESURGENCES, BRADYSEISMS); SECTOR COLLAPSES OF VOLCANIC EDIFICES; MONITORING OF VOLCANIC AREAS: ANALYSIS OF DEFORMATION AND SOURCES.
- REGIONAL CONTROL OF EXTENSIONAL, STRIKE-SLIP AND COMPRESSIVE TECTONICS ON VOLCANISM: CONTINENTAL, TRANSITIONAL AND OCEANIC RIFTS, OBLIQUELY AND ORTHOGONALLY CONVERGENT MARGINS, BACK-ARC BASINS; EARTHQUAKE-VOLCANO INTERACTIONS; HOT SPOTS.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND ERUPTIONS: HAZARD MITIGATION AND APPLICATIONS TO ITALIAN VOLCANOES.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.
Core Documentation
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHERType of delivery of the course
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Nel caso di un prolungamento dell’emergenza sanitaria da COVID-19 saranno recepite tutte le disposizioni che regolino le modalità di svolgimento delle attività didattiche e della valutazione degli studenti. In particolare si applicheranno le seguenti modalità: esami in modalità virtuale