91443 - Advanced Methods of Stratigraphic Analysis (7 CFU)

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Geology and Territory (cod. 9073)

Learning outcomes

To develop advanced techniques of stratigraphic correlation, including predictive models of subsurface stratigraphy, use of geotechnical data in stratigraphy, application of sequence stratigraphy principles, core analysis

Course contents

Critical analysis of sequence stratigraphy. Key surfaces for stratigraphic interpretation. Reservoir stratigraphy, hydrostratigraphy, unconventional reservoirs.. Heterogeneities and permeability barriers. Parasequences. Paleosol stratigraphy and fluvial architecture. Paleovalley systems. Geotechnical tools in stratigraphy. Source-to-sink analysis. Chemostratigraphy. Core interpretation and facies analysis. High-resolution subsurface stratigraphy. Stratigraphy of mud-prone successions. Response of coastal and alluvial depositional systems to rapid sea-level rise. Background values of potentially toxic elements in soils.

Readings/Bibliography

Selected articles as supporting material

Teaching methods

Lectures, Field work

Assessment methods

Practical exam (stratigraphic correlation/interpretation problem) + short oral exam

Teaching tools

LCD projector

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Amorosi

SDGs

Climate Action Life on land

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.