Unit FUNDAMENTAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
- Course
- Biological sciences
- Study-unit Code
- GP004025
- Curriculum
- Ambientale - naturalistico
- Teacher
- Angela Baldanza
- Teachers
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- Angela Baldanza
- Hours
- 42 ore - Angela Baldanza
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- GEO/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The Earth's Atmosphere and its interactions with the planet; The structure of the Earth; plate tectonics, continental drift, subduction zones and ocean ridges, paleomagnetism, seismic; processes and continental sedimentary environments, transitional and marine; recognition of sedimentary rocks and their constituents; Geo-structural adjustment of the Mediterranean area; relations between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
- Reference texts
- Teacher notes; Presentations of the lectures in PowerPoint version
Grotzinger John, Jordan Thomas- Capire la Terra-Third Italian Edition, Zanichelli - Educational objectives
- Knowledge of the Earth's structure; Knowledge of phenomena related to plate tectonics; Basic seismic knowledge; Ability to recognize the main types of sedimentary rocks; Knowledge of sedimentation processes and sedimentary structures that are generated in marine and continental sedimentary environments. Being able to understand the relationships and balances between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
- Prerequisites
- None
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and laboratory for recognition of sedimentary rocks.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination with a duration of at least 40 minutes.
- Extended program
- The Earth's Atmosphere and its interactions with the planet; The structure of the Earth; plate tectonics, continental drift, subduction zones and ocean ridges, paleomagnetism, seismic; processes and continental sedimentary environments, transitional and marine; recognition of sedimentary rocks and their constituents; Geo-structural adjustment of the Mediterranean area; relations between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.