- Docente: Antonello Piombo
- Credits: 6
- SSD: GEO/10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Antonello Piombo (Modulo 1) (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Science and Technologies for Environmental Sustainability (cod. 6055)
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from Oct 08, 2025 to Jan 23, 2026
Learning outcomes
Introduction: environmental problems amenable to solution by geophysical means.
Resistivity surveys: electrical resistivity of earth material, theory of current flow in the ground, field procedures and selection of electrode array, instruments, interpretation of resistivity data, environmental applications.
The seismic risk: the earthquake, the plate tectonics, the seismicity in Italy, the seismic hazard estimates, the fake news, the scientific citizenship.
Course contents
Introduction: environmental problems amenable to solution by geophysical means.
Resistivity surveys: electrical resistivity of earth material, theory of current flow in the ground, field procedures and selection of electrode array, instruments, interpretation of resistivity data, environmental applications.
The seismic risk: the earthquake, the plate tectonics, the seismicity in Italy, the seismic hazard estimates, the fake news, the scientific citizenship.
Readings/Bibliography
H. R. Burger, A. F. Sheehan, C. H. Jones, Introduction to Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University Press, 2023.
W. Lowrie, A. Fichtner, Fundamentals of Geophysics (3rd edition), Cambridge University Press, 2020.Teaching methods
Lectures, educational movies, cooperative learning, field and computer labs.
Assessment methods
Oral exam consists of the presentation and the discussion of laboratory works and field measurements. The presentation should include suggestion of best practices, strategies, guidelines to prevent and mitigate environmental disaster.
The presentation will be judged on the basis of fluency, appropriate vocabulary use, organization and structure of the material presented, content/information, and comprehension.
Teaching tools
Power-point presentations, educational movies.
Students who need compensatory tools for reasons related to disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD) can directly contact the Service for Students with Disabilities (disabilita@unibo.it) and the Service for Students with learning disabilities (dsa@unibo.it) to agree on the adoption of the most appropriate measures.
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