To be able to describe a rock, to classify igneous and metamorphic rocks and to describe their petrogenesi processes.
Course Prerequisites
Chemistry and physics as done in first year courses.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons using power point presentations. Exercises on reading phase diagrams (igneous and metamorphic rocks) and rock classification (material is available on kiro).
Assessment Methods
Written exam for both modules. 8 Open questions and two exercises, as explained in the classroom.
Texts
Klein e Philpotts - Mineralogia e petrografia.2018 - Zanichelli
Facultative: - Lucio Morbidelli - Le rocce e i loro costituenti -Bardi Editore. - C. D'Amico, F. Innocenti e F.P. Sassi - Magmatismo e metamorfismo. UTET. - Arrigo Gregnanin - Elementi di petrografia delle rocce ignee e metamorfiche - ISU Milano.
Contents
Igneous and metamorphic rocks: how to recognize and classify them from the description of composition and texture. The mantle. Processes generating magma and intrusive and extrusive magmatic rocks. Magmatism and main geodinamica settings. Factors of metamorphism and the formation of metamorphic rocks. Metamorphic reactions: equilibrium mineralogical associations and phase diagrams. Metamorphic facies, geothermal gradients and relationships with different geodinamica settings. Examples of study of mantle, magmatic and metamorphic rocks at the outcrop and sample scale.
Course Language
Italian
More information
E' utile avere il libro di testo a lezione, ed una calcolatrice.
