Curriculum
Programme
INTRODUCTION (SHORT HISTORY OF THE STUDIES IN VOLCANOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY OF THE VOLCANIC PRODUCTS; FACIES ANALYSES OF VOLCANIC DEPOSITS; PYROCLASTIC AND VOLCANOCLASTIC ROCKS AS KEY- ELEMENTS TO INTERPRET THE EXPLOSIVE AND POST ERUPTIVE PROCESSES IN THE RELATED ENVIRONMENTS).CLASSIFICATION OF THE EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE DEPOSITS. COMPONENTS, TEXTURES AND STRUCTURES OF VOLCANIC AND VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSITS. CLASSIFICATION OF PYROCLASTIC AND VOLCANOCLASTIC DEPOSITS. DEPOSITIONAL AND EROSIVE PROCESSES IN VOLCANIC AREAS.
MORPHOLOGY OF VOLCANOES: MONOGENETIC AND POLYGENETIC VOLCANOES.
THE PROCESS OF MAGMA RISING: THE EFFUSIVE PROCESS (LAVA FLOWS IN SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS). MAGMA EXSOLUTION AND FRAGMENTATION (THE EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS, STYLES OF MAGMA FRAGMENTATION, RELATED MICRO-TEXTURE).
TRANSPORT AND EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM OF THE EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE PRODUCTS AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS. BALLISTIC PATHWAYS OF LARGE CLASTS.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ERUPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ERUPTIVE STYLES.
MAIN CONCEPTS OF VOLCANIC HAZARD AND RISK.
Core Documentation
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER.VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN
PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS.
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5
Reference Bibliography
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER. VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5Type of delivery of the course
Field tripAttendance
-Type of evaluation
Students will be assessed on: disciplinary skills (knowledge acquired during the course); ability to correlate multidisciplinary information acquired in previous years (basic geological knowledge) to solve complex problems applied to volcanology; clarity of expositionMutuazione: 20410893 VULCANOLOGIA in Geologia e Tutela dell'Ambiente LM-74 GIORDANO GUIDO, VONA ALESSANDRO
Reference Bibliography
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER. VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5Mutuazione: 20410893 VULCANOLOGIA in Geologia e Tutela dell'Ambiente LM-74 GIORDANO GUIDO, VONA ALESSANDRO
Programme
INTRODUCTION (SHORT HISTORY OF THE STUDIES IN VOLCANOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY OF THE VOLCANIC PRODUCTS; FACIES ANALYSES OF VOLCANIC DEPOSITS; PYROCLASTIC AND VOLCANOCLASTIC ROCKS AS KEY- ELEMENTS TO INTERPRET THE EXPLOSIVE AND POST ERUPTIVE PROCESSES IN THE RELATED ENVIRONMENTS).CLASSIFICATION OF THE EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE DEPOSITS. COMPONENTS, TEXTURES AND STRUCTURES OF VOLCANIC AND VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSITS. CLASSIFICATION OF PYROCLASTIC AND VOLCANOCLASTIC DEPOSITS. DEPOSITIONAL AND EROSIVE PROCESSES IN VOLCANIC AREAS.
MORPHOLOGY OF VOLCANOES: MONOGENETIC AND POLYGENETIC VOLCANOES.
THE PROCESS OF MAGMA RISING: THE EFFUSIVE PROCESS (LAVA FLOWS IN SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS). MAGMA EXSOLUTION AND FRAGMENTATION (THE EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS, STYLES OF MAGMA FRAGMENTATION, RELATED MICRO-TEXTURE).
TRANSPORT AND EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM OF THE EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE PRODUCTS AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS. BALLISTIC PATHWAYS OF LARGE CLASTS.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ERUPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ERUPTIVE STYLES.
MAIN CONCEPTS OF VOLCANIC HAZARD AND RISK.
Core Documentation
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER.VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN
PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS.
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5
Reference Bibliography
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER. VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5Type of delivery of the course
Field tripAttendance
-Type of evaluation
Students will be assessed on: disciplinary skills (knowledge acquired during the course); ability to correlate multidisciplinary information acquired in previous years (basic geological knowledge) to solve complex problems applied to volcanology; clarity of expositionMutuazione: 20410893 VULCANOLOGIA in Geologia e Tutela dell'Ambiente LM-74 GIORDANO GUIDO, VONA ALESSANDRO
Reference Bibliography
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER. VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5Mutuazione: 20410893 VULCANOLOGIA in Geologia e Tutela dell'Ambiente LM-74 GIORDANO GUIDO, VONA ALESSANDRO
Programme
INTRODUCTION (SHORT HISTORY OF THE STUDIES IN VOLCANOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY OF THE VOLCANIC PRODUCTS; FACIES ANALYSES OF VOLCANIC DEPOSITS; PYROCLASTIC AND VOLCANOCLASTIC ROCKS AS KEY- ELEMENTS TO INTERPRET THE EXPLOSIVE AND POST ERUPTIVE PROCESSES IN THE RELATED ENVIRONMENTS).CLASSIFICATION OF THE EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE DEPOSITS. COMPONENTS, TEXTURES AND STRUCTURES OF VOLCANIC AND VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSITS. CLASSIFICATION OF PYROCLASTIC AND VOLCANOCLASTIC DEPOSITS. DEPOSITIONAL AND EROSIVE PROCESSES IN VOLCANIC AREAS.
MORPHOLOGY OF VOLCANOES: MONOGENETIC AND POLYGENETIC VOLCANOES.
THE PROCESS OF MAGMA RISING: THE EFFUSIVE PROCESS (LAVA FLOWS IN SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS). MAGMA EXSOLUTION AND FRAGMENTATION (THE EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS, STYLES OF MAGMA FRAGMENTATION, RELATED MICRO-TEXTURE).
TRANSPORT AND EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM OF THE EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE PRODUCTS AND RELATED DEPOSITS IN SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS. BALLISTIC PATHWAYS OF LARGE CLASTS.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ERUPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ERUPTIVE STYLES.
MAIN CONCEPTS OF VOLCANIC HAZARD AND RISK.
Core Documentation
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER.VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN
PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS.
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5
Reference Bibliography
FROM MAGMA TO TEPHRA: MODELING PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. EDITED BY ARMIN FREUNDT AND MAURO ROSI, 2000. ELSEVIER. VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS. CAS R.A.F. & WRIGHT J.V., 1987. ALLEN & UNWIN PYROCLASTIC ROCKS R.V. FISHER AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE, 1984. SPRINGER. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. EDITED BY HARALDUR SIGURDSSON, BRUCE HOUGHTON, HAZEL RYMER, JOHN STIX, STEVE MCNUTT, 2000. ACADEMIC PRESS. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY. E.A. PARFITT, L. WILSON 2008. BLACKWELL, OXFORD, PAPERBACK, 256 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-632-05443-5Type of delivery of the course
Field tripAttendance
-Type of evaluation
Students will be assessed on: disciplinary skills (knowledge acquired during the course); ability to correlate multidisciplinary information acquired in previous years (basic geological knowledge) to solve complex problems applied to volcanology; clarity of exposition