Learning objectives
The course aims to offer to the Students the knowledge of the main
geological features and geological evolution of the Italian peninsula
framed within the geology of Europe and Mediterranean area. The
Northern Apennines, the Southern Alps and the Po Plain will be
particularly addressed. At the end, the Student will acquire the knowledge of the main steps of the geological evolution of the italian peninsula in the frame of the Mediterannean region.
Prerequisites
Basic Stratigraphy, structural geology, tectonics
Course unit content
Classification of sedimentary basins related to lithospheric dynamics and plate tectonics.
Geology of Italy.
The Northern Apennines.
The Po Plain.
The Alps and the Southern Alps.
Fieldwork in selected area where the geological features will be observed,analyzed and discussed in order to reconstruct the geological evolution; literature on the geological evolution of the visited area will be also analyzed.
Full programme
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Bibliography
ALLEN P.A., ALLEN J.R. (2013) – Basin analysis. Blackwell Publishing,Oxford, 3rd edition.
BOSELLINI A. (2005) – Storia geologica d’Italia. Zanichelli Ed., Bologna.
DOGLIONI C., FLORES G. (1997) - An introduction to the italian geology.
Lamisco, Potenza.
FRISCH W., MESCHEDE M., BLAKEY R.C. (2011) - Plate tectonics.
Continental drift and mountain building. Springer 1st Ed.
GASPERI G. (1995) - Geologia Regionale. Pitagora Ed., Bologna.
GELATI R. (2013) - Storia geologica del paese Italia. Diabasis Editore,Parma.
PFIFFNER O.A. (2014) - Geology of the Alps. Wiley-Blackwell, 368 pp.
GUIDE GEOLOGICHE REGIONALI - Guide 1-4-6-7. BEMA Ed., Milano.
Teaching methods
Oral and practice (excursions in the field)
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam (presentation of the geology of a specific area framed into the regional geology of Italy)
Other information
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