Unit GEOLOGY 2
- Course
- Geology
- Study-unit Code
- 55059809
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Massimiliano Rinaldo Barchi
- Teachers
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- Massimiliano Rinaldo Barchi
- Hours
- 78 ore - Massimiliano Rinaldo Barchi
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ambito geologico-paleontologico
- Sector
- GEO/03
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Structural geology and tectonics: the structures of the earth’s crust (primary structures, faults and fractures, folds, metamorphic fabrics) from the outcrop to global scale.
Plate Tectonics: constructive, destructive and conservative plate boundaries.
Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Umbria-Marche Apennines.
Stereographic projections; map analysis; basic analysis of geological maps and geological sections. - Reference texts
- Barchi M.R. - Appunti di Tettonica per il corso di Geologia 2 (dispensa del docente, disponibile su piattaforma UniStudium).
Bosellini A. - Le scienze della terra. Vol. D: Tettonica delle placche. – Bovolenta, 2014.
Società Geologica Italiana - Guide Geologiche Regionali (n.7) - Appennino umbro-marchigiano (Parte generale, da Pag. 12 a pag. 88). - BE-MA editrice.
Further texts:
Davis G.H., Reynolds S.J., & Kluth C. - Structural geology of Rocks and Regions - John Wiley & Sons. (3rd Edition, 2011). - Educational objectives
- Knowledge and description of the geological structures, from outcrop scale (structural geology) to global scale (plate tectonics).
Use of the stereographic projection. Reading of a geological map; devising a simple geological section. - Prerequisites
- Basic knowledges of geography, mineralogy, stratigraphy, sedimentology and petrography, to be acquired in the courses of the I year and in the first semester of the II year.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures. Practice and exercises. E-learning procedures through Uni-Studium Platform.
- Other information
- All teaching materials are available for download on the Uni-Studium Platform, which is also used as the main tool for teacher-students communications.
The teacher can be also contacted at the following e-mail address: massimiliano.barchi@unipg.it. - Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of a practical/graphical part (lasting about 2 hours), followed by an oral exam (lasting about 30 minutes), where the student is asked to discuss critically the main theoretical topics included in the course program.
- Extended program
- Part I – Tectonics: the structures of the Earth’s crust.
1- Introduction to the course and primary structures
2- Faults: geometry and kinematics
3- Basic Fault Mechanics
4- Normal faults
5- Thrust and Reverse Faults
6- Strike-slip Faults
7- Fold geometry and classification
8- Basic Fold Mechanics
9- Joints and Fractures
10- Metamorphic fabrics
Part II – An introduction to plate Tectonics
1- The plate tectonics theory
2- Divergent Plate Boundaries
3- Transform plate boundaries
4- Convergent plate boundaries
5- Basic Plate Kinematics and Dynamics
Regional Geology Seminar: the Umbria-Marche Apennines case-history.
Practice and Exercises
Use of the stereographic projection, Map analysis techniques, Geological cross-sections.