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 and the relations
between magmatic/metamorphic processes and plate tectonics
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
APPLICATION OF TRACE ELEMENT AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY TO
PETROLOGY
PETRO-TECTONIC ASSOCIATIONS:
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
FIELD EXCURSIONS:
-EXAMPLES OF FOSSIL OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE (Ligurian ophiolites, N Apennines)
-CRYSTALLINE BASEMENTS AND POST-VARISCAN MAGMATISM (the Ivrea-
Verbano Zone, southern Alps)
-OROGENIC HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM (Sesia Zone and Pennidic units from W Alps)
Full programme
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Bibliography
TEXTBOOKS
- John D. Winter (2010), Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology, Ed.
Prentice Hall
-H. Rollinson (1998) - Using geochemical data (cap. 4 e 6)
- 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)
- Lecture notes
Teaching methods
Lectures and field excursions
Assessment methods and criteria
oral examination
Other information
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