9795832 - IDRAULICA AMBIENTALE E GEOLOGIA
Module ELEMENTI DI GEOLOGIA PER LA PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE
Expected Learning Outcomes
The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the main geological processes responsible
for the shape of the terrestrial landscape.
Some basic elements will also be imparted for the recognition of the most common types of rocks.
Therefore, at the end of the course, students will acquire knowledge regarding the following topics:
a. exogenous and endogenous processes;
b. transport and sedimentation processes;
c. lithologies and relief forms;
d. brittle structures and relief forms;
e. ductile structures and relief forms;
f. hints of stratymetry;
g. relationships between strata arrangement and slope morphology.
h. classification and macroscopic recognition of major rock types.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Part I: Exogenous and endogenous causes responsible for the shape of terrestrial relief.
Chemical and physical factors of terrestrial erosion; sediment transport and deposition processes;
relationship between lithotypes and relief shapes; tectonic processes and relief shapes.
Part II: elements of stratigraphy and tectonics.
Brittle geological structures (faults); ductile geological structures (folds); bedding of strata; relationships between strata arrangement and slope morphology.
Part III: Lithogenetic process; classification and macroscopic recognition of major rocks.
Volcanic, metamorphic, sedimentary processes; macroscopic classification schemes of rocks;
macroscopic recognition of major volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
Textbook Information
1. Pompeo L. Casati - Scienze della terra vol.1 - Elementi di geologia generale
2. Francesco Carraro - Geologia del quaternario. L'evoluzione geologica degli ambienti superficiali
3. Mario Panizza - Elementi di geomorfologia. Pitagora ed.
4. Dispense e "slides" fornite dal docente
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Processes of modification of the Earth's surface; | 1, 2 |
| 2 | Exogenous and endogenous phenomena; | 1 |
| 3 | Relationship between geological aspects and landscape forms; | 2 |
| 4 | Global tectonics and orogenesis; | 1 |
| 5 | Passive margins and normal faults; | 1 |
| 6 | Active margins and reverse faults; | 1 |
| 7 | Transformed margins and transcurrent faults; | 1 |
| 8 | Orogenesis; | 1 |
| 9 | Ductile (plastic) and brittle (rigid) deformations; | 1 |
| 10 | Surface modeling processes: erosion and transport; | 2, 3 |
| 11 | Lithogenetic cycle (the genesis of rocks); | 1 |
| 12 | Classification of the most common types of rocks; | 1, 4 |
| 13 | Calculation of fault rejection; | 1, 4 |
| 14 | Elements of a fold; | 1, 4 |
| 15 | Calculation of the lay of a layer; | 1, 4 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- Definition and types of faults;
- Elements of a fold;
- Classification diagram of magmatic rocks;
- Macroscopic recognition of a granite and basalt;
- Calculation of the layering of a stratum;
- Calculation of the rejection of a fault.
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