Academic year2016/17
CourseGEOSCIENCES AND GEOTECHNOLOGIES
Code070DD
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| TETTONICA | GEO/03 | LEZIONI | 48 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will have the ability of identify and classify structures and system of structures related with different tectonic context. Moreover he will be able to demonstrate knowledge in critical bibliography analyses, collecting data and using them to discuss regional- to local-scale tectonic setting.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
- The student will be assessed on her/his demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology and additionally on the ability to prepare a web presentation on a subject related to the tectonics.
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Final laboratory practical demonstration
- Laboratory practical
- Written report
Further information:
40 % final oral exam (general contents of the course);
40 % seminar presentation
20% field work report
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- preparation of oral/written report
- individual study
- group work
- Laboratory work
- Practical
Attendance: Mandatory
Teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning
- laboratory
Syllabus
Specific topics are:
- Plate kinematics and deformation of continents;
-rheology of continental lithosphere;
- tectonics and analogue experiments;
- tectonics and system of structures;
- seismotectonics and active deformation;
- subduction systems and non collisional orogens:
- collisional orogens (regional examples: Alps, Apennines; Himalaya, Taiwan);
- recent and active tectonics in the Mediterranean;
Bibliography
recommended reading includes the following text:
Fossen H. Structural Geology Cambridge ed.
Kearey P., Vine F. 2d ed. Tettonica Globale Zanichelli ed.
Kearey P., Klepeis K., Vine F. 3th ed. Global tectonics Wiley - Blackwell ed
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
