REGIONAL VOLCANOLOGY AND FIELD SURVEY
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Marco Viccaro
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: GEO/08 -
Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
Taught classes: 42 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
ENGLISH VERSION
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: GEO/08 -
Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
Taught classes: 42 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
ENGLISH VERSION
Detailed Course Content
Distribution of volcanism on Earth
Intraplate volcanism
Ocean ridge volcanism
Volcanism in continental rift-zones
Volcanism of subduction zones
Volcanism of Mt. Etna
Volcanism of the Aeolian Arc
Textbook Information
- Gill R. (2010). Igneous rocks and processes. Wiley-Blackwell, 428 pp.
- Guest J., Cole P., Duncan A., Chester D. (2003). Volcanoes of Southern Italy. Published by the Geological Society, 284 pp.
- Jerram D., Petford N. (2011). The field description of igneous rocks. Wiley-Blackwell, 238 pp.
- Lockwood J.P., Hazlett R.W. (2010). Volcanoes – Global perspectives. Wiley-Blackweel, 541 pp.
- Parfitt E.A., Wilson L. (2008). Fundamentals of physical volcanology. Blackwell Publishing, 230 pp.
- Schmincke H.U. (2004). Volcanism. Springer, 324 pp.
- Sigurdsson H. (2000). Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. Academic Press - Elsevier, 1417 pp.