Laurea Triennale in Scienze Naturali

Laurea Triennale in Scienze Naturali
Corso di “Geologia con elementi di Sedimentologia”
A.A. 2010-2011
Docente: Prof.
Piero Bellotti Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, II piano, stanza 207, tel 06-49914822
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Studenti target: 2° anno, Laurea Triennale in Scienze Naturali
Livello dell’Unità: basic
Pre-requisiti: Basic knowledge of chemistry, Physical geography, mineralogy,
paleontology.Crediti: 9 CFU
CONTENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Geological time – Hint of historical geology
Inside frame of the Earth - Reological pattern - Heat and magnetism of the Earth.
Wegener teory - Plate tectonic - Birth and dead of the ocean, subdution processes,
effects of the collisional events. Crustal deformations, faults, anticline and sincline
folds, trusts. Earthquake and volcanoes.
Erosion, transport, deposition and diagenesis processes. Main sedimentary
structures. Morphological and sedimentological features of the main sedimentary
environments.
Magmatic, piroclastic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Methods for a
macroscopic definition.
Stratigraphy concepts. Main stratigraphic units. Facies, Walther law, transgressiveregressive cycle. Hint of sequence stratigraphy
Features of the Italian regional geology.
Geological cartography of Italy
To develop skills and learning outcomes
Understanding the importance of time in geological phenomena.
Knowledge of the structure of the planet.
Knowledge of dynamic phenomena that determine the evolution of the Earth and their degree of hazard to
human activities.
Acquisition of basic concepts of stratigraphy.
Knowledge and macroscopic recognition of rocks.
Acquisition of basic methods for the analysis of sediments.
Capacity utilization of geological maps.
Final evaluation
The evaluation of the profit will be done through a written examination with open questions that require
synthetic answers and an oral / practical test to verify the knowledge acquired during the course.
References
Ricci Lucchi – Sedimentologia Vol. I . Clueb
Lupia Palmieri – Parotto – Il globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione VI ed. Zanichelli
Press & Siever – Capire la Terra. Zanichelli II edizione italiana
Bosellini – Mutti – Ricci Lucchi – Rocce e successioni sedimentarie. UTET
Mc Lane – Sedimentology
Morbidelli – Le rocce. Bardi
Casati – Scienze della terra, elementi di geologia generale. Città Studi
AA.VV. - Guide Geologiche Regionali. S.G.I.
Bosellini – Storia geologica delle Dolomiti