STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
cod. 23316

Academic year 2013/14
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Fabrizio STORTI
Academic discipline
Geologia strutturale (GEO/03)
Field
Ambito geologico-paleontologico
Type of training activity
Characterising
81 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The students are expected to become able to:
- Identifying and describing the main deformation structures occurring in natural rocks;
- Analyzing their geometry and kinematics by stereographic projections;
- Placing deformation structures in the context of the main tectonic systems occurring on Earth;
- Having an introductory knowledge of some natural tectonic systems in contractional, extensional and strike-slip environments.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

1 – How rocks deform: stress, strain, deformation mechanisms and rheology;
2 – Brittle deformation structures: faults, joints, veins stylolites, fault-related folds;
3 – Ductule deformation structures: foliations and plastic folds;
4 – Geometric rappresentation and statistical analysis of the orientation of linear and planar geological elements by stereographic projections;
5 – Extensional tectonics, passive and divergent margins;
6 – Contractional tectonics, passive margin inversion and convergent margins;
7 – Strike-slip tectonics and transform margins;
8 – Examples of natural tectonic systems.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Earth Structure, second edition, Ben Van Der Pluijm e Stephen Marshak. Norton & Company, New York, 2004.

Teaching methods

Lessons in the class and daily field trips

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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