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B006271 - GEOMORPHOLOGY
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Academic Year 2011-12
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Earth Sciences (DST)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
GEO/04 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
26/09/2011 ⇒ 22/12/2011
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B015667 - GEOGRAFIA FISICA E GEOMORFOLOGIA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
B015667 - GEOGRAFIA FISICA E GEOMORFOLOGIA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Teaching Language
Italiano
Course Content
Atmosphere. Radiation and thermal budget global. The greenhouse effect. Winds and global atmospheric circulation. Processes of Azonal modeling erosion. Systems and morfoclimatici zonal processes associated with them. Sphere, ellipsoid, geoid. Classification of papers. Altitude representation of the ground. The altitude.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
AA.VV. Italia, Atlante dei tipi geografici IGM, Firenze 2006.
A. Biancotti, Corso di Geografia fisica, Nuove Edizioni del Giglio, Genova, 1994.
P. Casati e F. Pace, Scienze della Terra. L'atmosfera, l'acqua, i climi, i suoli, CLUP, 1991.
G.B. Castiglioni, Geomorfologia, UTET, 1991.
R.W. Fairbridge, The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, Reinhold Book CO., New York, 1968.
M. Panizza, Geomorfologia, Pitagora, Bologna 2007.
S. Perego, Cartografia - Lettura delle carte topografiche, Edizioni Santa Croce, 2004.
M. Pinna, Climatologia, UTET, 1977.
A.N. Strahler, Geografia fisica, Piccin, Padova, 1984.
A. Biancotti, Corso di Geografia fisica, Nuove Edizioni del Giglio, Genova, 1994.
P. Casati e F. Pace, Scienze della Terra. L'atmosfera, l'acqua, i climi, i suoli, CLUP, 1991.
G.B. Castiglioni, Geomorfologia, UTET, 1991.
R.W. Fairbridge, The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, Reinhold Book CO., New York, 1968.
M. Panizza, Geomorfologia, Pitagora, Bologna 2007.
S. Perego, Cartografia - Lettura delle carte topografiche, Edizioni Santa Croce, 2004.
M. Pinna, Climatologia, UTET, 1977.
A.N. Strahler, Geografia fisica, Piccin, Padova, 1984.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: This is an introductory course in Earth Science, whose goal is to provide a knowledge base on three different but interrelated topics: the physics of the atmosphere and climate; processes shaping Earth's relief, especially in view of the mapping 'use by the student himself, cartographic bases.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):Landscape processes Interpretation capability in different morphoclimatic reagions. Lanscape elements Identification by map reading.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):Landscape processes Interpretation capability in different morphoclimatic reagions. Lanscape elements Identification by map reading.
Prerequisites
Basic Geography
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
Further information
Frequency of lessons is highly recommended, but not mandatory; frequency of at least 2/3 of practice and lab is required
Type of Assessment
INTERMEDIATE TESTS AND ORAL EXAMINATION
Course program
Atmosphere. Thermal radiation and the overall budget. Greenhouse effect and human impact. Winds and global atmospheric circulation. Humidity and precipitation. Air masses and fronts. Climate regime. Modeling process: surface alteration; modeling of gravitational slopes, fluvial processes. Systems morfoclimate: equatorial, tropical, mesothermal, crionivale, glacial. Sphere, ellipsoid, geoid. Classification of papers. The geographic grid and grid kilometer. Elevation of the terrain representation.
The relief of the Earth. Erodibility and morfoselection, morphology and structural morfotectonic. The lithology as a factor of morphogenesis; notes on karst. The hydrographic network and its evolution. Morphology associated with tabular, omoclinal, folds and faulted structures. Morfoevolutionary interpretation of drainage patterns which unfit the geological structure. Planation surfaces.
The relief of the Earth. Erodibility and morfoselection, morphology and structural morfotectonic. The lithology as a factor of morphogenesis; notes on karst. The hydrographic network and its evolution. Morphology associated with tabular, omoclinal, folds and faulted structures. Morfoevolutionary interpretation of drainage patterns which unfit the geological structure. Planation surfaces.