GLOBAL TECTONICS I
cod. 19434

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geologia strutturale (GEO/03)
Field
Discipline geologiche e paleontologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

<br />Aims:<br />To introduce students to geological and geophysical aspects of forces shaping our planet,<br />To present plate tectonics as an unifying theory explaning the major geological features of the Earth,<br />To examine the major geological features associated with each tectonic environment<br /> 

Prerequisites

Advanced knowledges of Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geophysics and Stratigraphy

Course unit content

<br />Introduction, Morphology of the continents and oceans, Internal structure of the Earth, SeismoTectonics, Isostasy, Plate Tectonics, Genesis and evolution of the oceanic crust, Paleomagnetism, Global heat flow, Rifting processes, Genesis and evolution of the passive margins, Genesis and evolution of the active margins, Continental collision and orogenes, Strike-slip motion and final remarks.

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />Textbook<br /><br />Kearey & Vine, Tettonica Globale. Zanichelli (1994).<br /> <br />Reference Books<br />Cox & Hart, La Tettonica delle Placche, Zanichelli (1990)<br />Moores & Twiss, Tectonics, Freeman & Company, NY (1995).<br />Open University Team, The Ocean Basins: Their structure and evolution, 2nd edition , Uk (1998).<br />Fowler, The Solid Earth: An introduction to global geophysics, Cambridge University Press, Uk (1990).

Teaching methods

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The course consists of oral lectures, practicals and homeworks concerning  Global Tectonics and analysis of major morpho-structural environments occurring on Earth surface<br />
The final grading will be based on oral exam, participation, practicals and homework, student paper presentation.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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