Geological Sciences

-Geology: pure science and applied science -The Earth as an evolving planet -The rocks: evidence of geological processes -The different families of rocks and the lithogenetic cycle -Sedimentary rocks: degradation, erosion, transport, sedimentation. - Clastic rocks, carbonate rocks, carbonate-terrigenous rocks, siliceous rocks, rocks evaporites, residual rocks, concretionary carbonates, organic rocks -The main inorganic and organic sedimentary structures: origin and meaning. - Basic concepts on the main depositional environments: characterization of processes, facies and facies associations. Stratigraphy -the time parameter in geology: relative time and absolute time, time units, the chronostratigraphic scale; chronology and evolution of the Earth -stratigraphic units -stratigraphic contacts, discontinuities and geometric relationships. -principles of stratigraphy and relative chronology. Walther's rule and concept of succession e stratigraphic correlation. -the concept of sedimentary basin and the geological parameters that regulate facies migrations; transgression, regression and sedimentary cycle. -analysis and description of sedimentary successions aimed at the recognition of lithostratigraphic units, the construction of columnar sections and stratigraphic schemes and the interpretation of the stratigraphic evolution of an area. - macroscopic recognition of sedimentary rocks and their interpretation in terms of depositional processes and environments - Elementary concepts on reading a geological map -notes on the geology of the central Apennines with particular reference to the Lazio-Abruzzo and Umbro-Marchigiana successions

The student must possess the knowledge acquired in secondary school in Physics and Chemistry and have a solid foundation in regional geography.

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In presence

Written test plus oral/practical test which involves the analysis and recognition of samples of sedimentary rocks, the reading of simple geological maps