VOLCANOLOGY AND SURVEYING OF VOLCANIC TERRAIN

Origin of magmas, melting models of the peridotitic mantle and relationships with the geodynamics environments; magma rise mechanisms through the lithosphere and the rigid crust; magma differentiation; physical properties of magmas and relationships with chemical and petrological characters. The volcanic products; volcanic gasses; lavas and their rheological behaviour; the morphologies of lava fields; the pyroclastic products, genetic significance and classification criteria. Volcanic edifices, relation with their emitted products; the feeding structures of the volcanic systems. Volcanic eruptions: physical characters and classification; analysis of some particularly important volcanic eruptions. The global distribution of volcanoes. Final correlation among distribution, morphologies of the edifices, eruptive styles and geodynamic environments; the evolution of the Sicilian volcanoes, particularly Mount Etna.

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