Learning objectives
The course aims to prepare students on the geological mapping based on outcrop and subsurface data
Course unit content
Main goals of the course:
• Tools for the geological mapping of soils and their use.
• Planning of the geological mapping.
• Airphotogrammetry in the geological mapping.
• Mapping of geological surfaces.
• Interpolation and extrapolation of geological surfaces.
• Stratimetry.
• Contour of geological surfaces, construction of contour maps (contour map) and isobaths
• Contour of volumes of geological units, construction of isopachs
• Day and multi-days fiels-trips on sedimentary successions.
• Laboratories for surface geological mapping and elaboration of a simple geological map relative to assigned area.
• Integration of the outcrop and subsurface data.
Bibliography
BARNES J. 1995 – Basic Geological mapping. Wiley & Sons.
BENNISON G.M., MOSELEY K.A: 2003 - Geological structure & maps. 7th edition Hodder Arnold COMPTON R. 1985 - Geology in the field. Wiley & Sons.
CREMONINI G. 1994 - Rilevamento geologico. Pitagora Editore, Bologna.
DAMIANI A.V. - Geologia sul terreno e rilevamento geologico. Zanichelli, Bologna 1984.
GROSHONG R. H. jr 2006 - 3-D structural geology. A practical guide to surface and subsurface map interpretation. 2nd edition Springer.
ROWLAND S.M., Duebendorfer E.M., Schiefelbein I.M. 2007 - Structural analysis and synthesis. 3rd edition Blackwell Publishing. Altri testi suggeriti
COMPTON R. - Geology in the field. Wiley & Sons, 1985. CORBELLINI G. 2002 - Guida all'orientamento con la carta, la bussola, il cielo. Zanichelli, Bologna.
McCLAY K.R. 1991 - The mapping of Geological Structures. Open University Press. SIMPSON B. 2002 - Lettura delle carte geologiche. Ediz. italiana a cura di Cusimano e Di Stefano. Flaccovio Editore, Palermo.
WEIJERMARS R. 1998 – Structural geology and map interpretation. Alboran Science Publishing.
Teaching methods
Lectures, classroom exercises and field-trips
