GEOLOGIA STRUTTURALE

Ability to recognize, describe and interpret the tectonic structures of the crust both at the meso- and
microscale and at the regional scale.
Ability to recognize and describe the deformation mechanisms of rocks and to interpret large regional
tectonic structures, both in a convergent, divergent and transcurrent settings.

Frontal lessons, exercises, final excursion on field

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote way, necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.

Basics of rock mechanics, rheology and rock deformation mechanisms. Structural analysis and
interpretation of major geological structures.
Stress and strain in two and three dimensions. Planar and linear structures. Folds. Shear areas, faults and
fractures. Extensional tectonics. Salt tectonics. Transcurrent tectonics. Fold and thrust belts. Relations
between deformation and metamorphism. Use of stereographic projections in structural analysis.
Recognition of brittle and ductile deformation structures on the ground.

J. Mercier, P. Vergely, Tettonica – Lezioni di Geologia Strutturale, Pitagora Ed.

Educational material on the site http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2020