| 1022174 | METHODS FOR MARINE EXPLORATION [GEO/02] [ITA] | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Educational objectives Developing competences and expected learning outcomes
Educational goals:
The student is provided the theoretical basis and the tools (also information) for the interpretation of the main geophysical methods for the study of the seabed. Are also treated the sampling methods and means for the acquisition of data at sea.
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge of the principles for geophysical prospecting of marine geology
Knowledge of instrumentation and sampling techniques of the fund and subsoil
Ability to design campaigns for relief on the basis of scientific objectives
Knowledge of the principles of seismic data processing and sonar
Ability to interpret geophysical data and sampling of the seabed
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| 101679 | STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF BRITTLE DOMAIN
[GEO/03] [ITA] | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Educational objectives The course aims to improve students' knowledge in the field of structural geology from that acquired during the bachelor's degree with special emphasis regarding brittle deformation. In particular, the course aims to familiarize students with the main methods of structural geology starting from thin section analysis (microstructures), laboratory (deformation tests), outcrop (structural analysis like scan lines, scan areas) to 3D modeling (DFN, 3D modeling with dedicated software).
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| 1018674 | QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY [GEO/01] [ITA] | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Educational objectives Expected learning outcomes
Multidisciplinary approach to manage the different connections linking the diverse Earth Science topics related to the study of Quaternary.
Understanding the basic elements of climate and environmental change in the frame work of the recent natural history of the Earth.
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| 10589739 | FLUIDS, ROCKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY
[GEO/07] [ITA] | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Educational objectives Developing competences and expected learning outcomes
This course aims to develop technological and scientific skills as a tool for investigating the most important physico-chemical properties of rocks and fluids in natural and environmental contexts influenced by petrological, geothermal, and radioactive processes.
The main objective of the course is to provide a deep knowledge on the most important crustal mechanisms influencing the physico-chemical properties of rocks and fluids (liquids, gases and magmas) during their genesis and evolution in different geological environments, with particular attention to the impact that these changes may have on the anthropic activities from an economic, energetic, and health and human life point of view.
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| 10612379 | Micropaleontology for geological exploration [GEO/01] [ITA] | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Educational objectives Educational goals: Knowledge and use of fossil and recent microfossil assemblages for basic studies on
different geological issues. Biostratigraphical and paleoecological methods applied to marine successions
in order to reconstruct the spatial and chronological evolution of sedimentary basin. The course is taught
through lectures and practice laboratory work, and assessed by an intermediate test and an oral and
practical (microscope) examination at the end of the semester.
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge and understanding: successful students will be able to understand basic principles of
biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the main groups of microfossils, including an overview of their
taxonomy and evolutionary trends. An key systematic group, the Foraminifera, is used to illustrate in
detail the topics above, in particular its biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental potential.
Skills and Attributes: successful students will be able to apply in geological contexts biostratigraphical
and paleoecological principles. At the end of the course the average student will be able to recognize the
most common late Paleozoic and Meso-Cenozoic planktonic and benthic foraminifers from thin sections
and washing residues and identify the age and the depositional environments of marine successions, being
able to convey the results for geological mapping purposes or as an industrial micropaleontological
report.
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| 10620467 | MARINE GEOLOGY [GEO/02] [ENG] | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Educational objectives The course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of marine environments,
ranging from oceanic ridges to coastal shorelines. It covers the sedimentary processes
characteristic of different marine settings and the key factors that influence them.
Additionally, the course explores offshore applications, including service-related studies, the
assessment of marine geohazards, environmental investigations, and geological mapping of
marine areas.
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| 10620851 | PETROLOGY FOR PLANETARY PROCESSES [GEO/07] [ITA] | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Educational objectives The increase in space missions supported by the development of instrumentation for geological analysis makes planetary science a key branch of Earth Sciences. Starting from the origin of chemical elements, students will learn the processes leading to the formation of planets and their moons, as well as methods of direct and indirect investigation of rocks on the surfaces and interiors of planetary bodies. Students will also learn how planets are explored and modeled using theory, experiments, and field studies.
This course provides both fundamental and advanced knowledge of planetary sciences from the perspective of Experimental Petrology, with career prospects in mining exploration, experimental research, and data science.
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| 10595973 | Seismology [GEO/10] [ITA] | 1st | 2nd | 6 |
Educational objectives Developing competences and expected learning outcomes
Educational goals:
Introducing the student to the understanding of the earthquake process: state if stress and triggering phenomena, onset, evolution and arrest of the rupture. The learning process will be approached with modern theories and updated examples from recent earthquakes.
Learning outcomes:
The student at the end of the course will possess the main concepts at the base of the seismological theory, with useful tools to analyze and model observation, following procedures currently followed in international scientific centers.
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| 10600015 | Earthquake physics [GEO/10] [ENG] | 1st | 2nd | 6 |
Educational objectives Educational goals: The main objective of the course is to put the basis of the frictional theory of faulting. At the same time, we seek to give the students a flavor of how an experimental laboratory, and in particular a lab dealing with earthquake physics, works. The students have to develop skills and abilities in: 1) friction laws; 2) recognizing how different rock deformation apparatuses work; 3) data acquisition, analysis and interpretation.
Learning outcomes: Earthquake physics and friction laws. Being able to acquire, plot and analyse an experimental dataset. Being able to link laboratory studies on earthquake physics to some aspects relevant for energy industry and seismic hazard.
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| 10606592 | Carbonate systems for C-cycle and climate change [GEO/02] [ITA] | 1st | 2nd | 6 |
Educational objectives Developing competences and expected learning outcomes
Educational goals: Students will be able to analyze and use carbonate sequences for the reconstructions of environmental, oceanographic and climatic conditions starting first from outcrop analysis (measurements of stratigraphic sections, photos and facies mapping) and subsequently in the laboratory (microfacies analysis, analysis quantitative, correlation between stratigraphic sections, diagenetic analysis and isotope analysis).
Learning outcomes: Successful students will be able to select and select the most effective method of investigation for the study of carbonate sequences, and propose a reconstruction of environmental, oceanographic and climatic evolution.
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| 10612378 | Micropaleontology for paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstruction [GEO/01] [ITA] | 1st | 2nd | 6 |
Educational objectives Basic knowledge of microfossils and their applications in paleoenvironmental and
paleoecological fields. Identification of the most significant ecological groups of
foraminifers. Knowledge of the most common methods for the biostratigraphical and
paleoecological reconstructions of marine Neogene-Quaternary successions. Analysis for
the stratigraphical, paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstructions.
Environmental characterization and biomonitoring.
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| 10620850 | CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS [GEO/06] [ITA] | 1st | 2nd | 6 |
Educational objectives Developing competences and expected learning outcomes
Educational goals:
The course gives a basic knowledge of the analytical techniques and methodology for the mineralogy, the way atoms aggregate to form minerals, of the physical properties that allow identification of minerals
Learning outcomes:
Who have taken this course should be reasonably comfortable in characterization and identification of minerals, understanding experimental data, consulting much of what appears in the mineralogical literature such as reference volumes and articles. At the end of the course, the student will be able to read and understand, at least at a basic level, a scientific paper describing a mineral. The student will be able to characterize, at least at a basic level, a mineral, to process the acquired data.
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| 10612138 | Energy Transition [GEO/07] [ITA] | 1st | 2nd | 6 |
Educational objectives The educational goal of the course is to provide a general framework on the concepts related to the energy
transition process. In particular, basic physics and chemistry topics will be treated with a geological
approach, but also with implications in the economic, engineering, ecological and sociological fields. The
concept of total system energy, of useful energy (exergy) and of non-usable energy (anergy) will be applied
to various stages of economic-industrial processes, to underline the need to increase knowledge in detail of
the various facets of activities related to western lifestyle. The course will provide the student with the
fundamental skills for understanding the fundamental relationships between hard science (especially
physics and chemistry) and the declinations associated with the production of goods necessary to support
the growth and maintenance of quality standards in developed countries. The approach will be completely
multidisciplinary, with information in the theoretical field but also of an applied type in specific topics
related to the industrial production cycle, including the concept of circular economy. The course will be
fundamentally based on the role of hydrocarbons and the search for alternative energy sources that can
compete with fossil ones, with implications on the physics of the atmosphere by developing the concept of
pollutant. Major emphasis will be devoted on the possible processes for the neutralization, capture and use
of CO 2 and its surface and deep cycles. Topics related to nuclear energy (both associated with the fission
and fusion processes) will be covered, but also with the fundamental implications in the cultural sphere
that the drive to search for new energy sources will force us to follow.
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