GEOLOGIA CON LABORATORIO

Academic Year 2015/2016 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff: Stefano Catalano
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: GEO/03 -
Taught classes: 42 hours
Term / Semester:
ENGLISH VERSION

Detailed Course Content

Topic 1: criteria and methods for reconstructing the 3D geometries of rock bodies; ability in costructing basic geological cross-sections

Topic 2: study and analysis of the sedimentary process and of the sedimentary rocks; ability and competence in recognizing and classifying sedimentary rocks

Topic 3: competence in interpreting the paleogeographic and paleotectonic significance of stratigraphic successions

Topic 4: competence in recognising and descibing tectonic structures; ability in constructing geological sections reproducing complex contexts.


Textbook Information

  1. Pompeo Casati – Scienze della Terra, vol. 1 Elementi di Geologia Generale Città Studi Edizioni
  2. Brian Simpson – Lettura delle Carte Geologiche Dario Flaccovio Editore
  3. Bosellini, Mutti & Ricci Lucchi – Rocce e Successioni sedimentarie Scienze della Terra UTET
  4. D’Argenio, Innocenti, Sassi - Introduzione allo studio delle rocce UTET
  5. A.W. Bally, R. Catalano & J. Oldow – Elementi di tettonica regionale Pitagora Editrice Bologna