GEOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPROSPECTING
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No prerequisite are needed
Oral examination. 3 reports, with practical exercises, are needed for the examination. Each evaluation will consider the clearness of the answers (40%), completeness of information in the reports (30%) and competence in evaluating and answering (30%).
The course aims to explain how to recognize, characterize and map rocks and geological structures that characterize the environments with a critical and scientific view.
The student will get:
Knowledge about the main mineralogical phases and rocks of the Earth, as well as environments and mechanisms controlling their formation and diagenesis;
Capacity to combine field-based experiences and theoretical knowledge;
Capacity to communicate results obtained during field activity on the base of what has been learnt during theoretical lessons.
Capacity to use a proper geological language
40 theoretical hours:
Goesphere and Earth (4 hours);
Minerals (4 hours);
Magmatic rocks, their formation and geological study (8 hours);
Sedimentary rocks, their formation and geological study (8 hours);
Metamorphic rocks, their formation and geological study (8 hours);
Geological survey techniques (8 hours).
16 field-based practical hours for mapping lithologies and geological structures applying theoretical methodologies.
Klein C. – Mineralogia – Bologna, Zanichelli, 2004
Mottana A., Crespi R., Liborio G.- Minerali e Rocce – Milano, Mondadori, 2004
Bosellini A., Mutti E., Ricci Lucchi F. - Rocce e successioni sedimentarie – Torino, UTET, 1985
Deer W.A., Howie R.A., Zussmann J. - Introduzione ai minerali che costituiscono le rocce – Bologna, Zanichelli, 1994
Mackenzie W.S., Guilford C. - Atlante dei minerali costituenti le rocce in sezione sottile – Bologna, Zanichelli, 1985
Yardley B. W.D., Mackenzie W.S., Guilford C. - Atlante delle rocce metamorfiche e delle loro microstrutture – Bologna, Zanichelli
Mackenzie W.S., Donaldson C.H., Guilford C. - Atlante delle rocce magmatiche e delle loro tessiture. – Bologna, Zanichelli
Adams A.E., Mackenzie W.S., Guilford C. - Atlante delle rocce sedimentarie al microscopio – Bologna, Zanichelli
D’Argenio B., Innocenti F., Sassi F.P. - Introduzione allo studio delle rocce - Torino, UTET, 1995
Peccerillo A. - Elementi di petrologia ignea e metamorfica – Perugia, Morlacchi, 2002
Morbidelli L. - Le rocce e i loro costituenti - Roma, Bardi, 2003
Bosellini A. - Introduzione allo studio delle rocce carbonatiche - Ferrara, Bovolenta, 1991
B.Simpson - Lettura delle carte geologiche, Dario Flacco editore
40 theoretical hours and 16 pratical hours in the field (3 excursions).
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