2016/2017

2017/2018

DM270

GEO/07 (PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY)

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

2nd semester (01/03/2018 - 15/06/2018)

12

124 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

TRIBUZIO RICCARDO (titolare) - 9 ECTS
LANGONE ANTONIO - 3 ECTS

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The composition of the upper mantle. Partial melting and fractional crystallisation processes. Magmatism at divergent and convergent plate boundaries. Crustal contamination of mantle-derived melts. Origin of granitoids. Within-plate magmatism in oceanic and continental lithosphere. Main structures and nomenclature of metamorphic rocks. Metamorphic reactions and phase diagrams. Contact and regional metamorphism. Metamorphic facies, geothermal gradients and relationships with tectonic settings. Examples of study of igneous, metamorphic and mantle rocks at the outcrop scale.
The main micro-structures of mantle, igneous and metamorphic rocks, and their petrogenetic implications. How to write a petrographic report. Study of metamorphic rocks at the hand sample scale. Use of the polarised-light optical microscope to study thin sections of rocks. Micro-structural studies of mantle, igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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- Essentials of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. B. Ronald Frost, Carol D. Frost. Cambridge University Press.
- Introduzione alla petrografia ottica. Angelo Peccerillo & Diego Perugini. Morlacchi editore.
To integrate:
- Igneous and metamorphic petrology. Myron G. Best. Blackwell Publishing.
- Earth Materials, Introduction to mineralogy and petrology. Cornelis Klein & Anthony Philpotts. Cambridge University Press.
- Igneous petrogenesis A global tectonic approach. Marjorie Wilson. Chapman & Hall.
The texts are available at "Biblioteca delle Scienze e della Tecnica".

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