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Degree course in
Earth sciences
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability

PETROGENESIS AND GEODYNAMICS
cod. 23306

Academic year 2014/15
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Petrologia e petrografia (GEO/07)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
51 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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lectures timetable unavailable
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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

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

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
- Lecture notes

Teaching methods

Lectures, thin section observations and field excursions

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and oral examination

Other information

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