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 2019
- Offered
- 2020/21
- 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
- Grotzinger John, Jordan Thomas- Capire la Terra- terza edizione italiana, Zanichelli.
Federici P.R. - Il pianeta Terra, Geografia Fisica, UTET.
Teacher notes; Presentations of the lectures in PowerPoint version - 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,
- 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.