- Docente: Alessandro Amorosi
- Credits: 4
- SSD: GEO/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Geology and Land Management (cod. 8027)
Learning outcomes
To develop an integrated approach to the study of oucropping and buried Quaternary successions, including geometric description of sedimentary bodies, advanced techniques of stratigraphic correlation, use of palaeontological, geotechnical and geochemical data for detailed characterization of Quaternary deposits.
Course contents
The Quaternary: stratigraphic subdivision; dating techniques of Quaternary sediments; climatic evolution and sea-level changes in the Quaternary; Milankovich cycles; fluvial terraces and other morphologic features; basic concepts on depositional environments and facies; core description and analysis; interpretation of gamma ray logs, electric logs, and piezocone penetration tests; stratigraphy of Holocene alluvial, deltaic, and coastal deposits; forced regressive deposits; incised valleys
Readings/Bibliography
- Selected articles as supporting material
- Amorosi A. & Pignone R., 2009 (a cura di). La pianura - geologia, suoli e ambienti in Emilia-Romagna. Pendragon Ed.
Teaching methods
Lectures, field work
Assessment methods
Written test + oral exam
Teaching tools
LCD projector
Office hours
See the website of Alessandro Amorosi