Teacher
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PISCOPO Vincenzo
(syllabus)
Shape and dimensions of the Earth. The internal structure of the Earth: core, mantle and crust. Lithosphere and asthenosphere. Notes on plate tectonics. Elements of mineralogy: main physical and chemical properties, main minerals of rocks. Magmatic processes and igneous rocks. Magmatic consolidation. Structure and texture of igneous rocks. Methods of classification of intrusive, extrusive and hypabyssal rocks. Characteristics of the main igneous rocks. Volcanism: types of eruptions and types of volcanoes. Pyroclastic rocks. Exogenous processes and sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary processes: weathering, transport, sedimentation and diagenesis. Classification and characteristics of sedimentary rocks: silicoclastic; carbonatic; evaporitic; other chemical and biochemical rocks, residual rocks. Properties of sedimentary rocks. Principles of stratigraphy. Metamorphic processes and metamorphic rocks. Metamorphic factors: temperature, pressure and fluid phase. Texture and structure of metamorphic rocks. Metamorphic facies and types of metamorphism. Main metamorphic rocks. Outline of structural geology: folds, faults and thrusts. Earthquakes: causes, mechanisms and distribution of earthquakes. Overview of the chronology of Earth. Topographical maps. Geological maps. Erosive processes, rivers and river erosion, wind erosion, glacial erosion, coastal erosion, landslides.
(reference books)
Grotzinger J.P., Jordan T.H. (2019) Understanding Earth. WH Freeman & Co. Ed.
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