PETROGENESIS AND GEODYNAMICS
cod. 23306

Academic year 2013/14
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Petrologia e petrografia (GEO/07)
Field
Discipline mineralogiche, petrografiche e geochimiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
51 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The main objective of this course is to provide a basic understanding of the magma generation in the different geodynamic environments through time

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

TRACE ELEMENT AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY

Mid-ocean ridge magmatism
Mantle plumes and oceanic islands
Mantle plumes and basaltic plateaux
Arc magmatism
Collisional granitoids
Continental rift magmatism
Introduction to Archean and Proterozoic terranes
Crystalline basements in Italy
Ophiolites from the Alpine-Apennine system
Plio-Quaternary magmatism from Central-Southern Italy

Full programme

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Bibliography

- M.G. Best and E.H. Christiansen, Igneous Petrology (Blackwell Science)
- A. Philpotts and J. Ague, Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (Cambridge University Press)
- John D. Winter (2010), Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology, Ed. Prentice Hall

Teaching methods

Lectures and field excursions

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and oral examination

Other information

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