SEDIMENTARY COVERS TECTONIC LABORATORY
cod. 23673

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

RECOGNIZING AND ANALYZING THE VARIOUS DEFORMATION STRUCTURES IN SEISMIC SECTIONS AND IN THE FIELD; RECONSTRUCTING DEFORMATION GEOMETRIES AND KINEMATICS OF THE VARIOUS TECTONIC SYSTEMS.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p>EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS: RIFT SYSTEMS, PASSIVE MARGINS, GRAVITATIONAL SYSTEMS.</p>
<p>COMPRESSIVE TECTONICS: FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS, FAULT-RELATED FOLDING, STRUCTURAL WEDGING.</p>
<p>SALT TECTONICS<br />
SHALE TECTONICS </p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

REFERENCES ARE REPPORTED IN THE LESSON PROOFS GIVEN BY THE TEACHER

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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