- Docente: William Cavazza
- Credits: 8
- 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
The course aims at providing the student with methods and
approaches to study sedimentary basins as geodynamic entities. In
more detail, the student will be able to describe and analyze the
following processes: (i) basin formation within the context of
lithospheric mechanics and plate tectonics; (ii) erosion,
denudation, sediment fluxes, and sedimentation rates; (iii)
subsidence, geothermochronology, and diagenetic evolution; (iv)
stratigraphy, depositional styles, geometry and petrophysical
properties of sedimentary basin fills; (v) stratigraphic
correlation, facies analysis, mapping methods; (vi) fluid flow in
sedimentary basins; (vii) application to the search for
hydrocarbons and water resources.
Course contents
(i) Basin formation within the context of lithospheric mechanics and plate tectonics; (ii) erosion, denudation, sediment fluxes, and sedimentation rates; (iii) subsidence, geothermochronology, and diagenetic evolution; (iv) stratigraphy, depositional styles, geometry and petrophysical properties of sedimentary basin fills; (v) stratigraphic correlation, facies analysis, mapping methods; (vi) fluid flow in sedimentary basins; (vii) application to the search for hydrocarbons and water resources.
Readings/Bibliography
Allen P.A., Allen J.R. (2005) Basin Analysis - Principles and Applications. [2a edizione] Blackwell Science
Miall A.D. (2000) Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis. [3a edizione] Springer Verlag
Busby C.J., Ingersoll R.V. (1995) Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins. Blackwell Science
Teaching methods
Classes, labs, seminars, excursions.
Assessment methods
Test(s) and oral examination.
Teaching tools
Geologic databases, geologic maps, computer software.
Office hours
See the website of William Cavazza