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ALLUVIAL PLAINS GEOLOGY

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Academic year
2022/2023
Teacher
MARCO STEFANI
Credits
6
Didactic period
Secondo Semestre
SSD
GEO/02

Training objectives

Understanding of the sedimentary dynamics and depositional architecture of fluvial and deltaic systems. Applications for sequence stratigraphy, coal and hydrocarbon geology, hydrogeology and geotechnics.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of climatology, physical geography, geomorphology, sedimentology and stratigraphy concepts.

Course programme

Scientific and economical relevance of fluvial successions. Fan, alluvial plain, deltaic and estuarine depositional systems. Subsurface stratigraphic reconstruction. Regional case histories. Sequence stratigraphy concepts. Palaeoclimatic and eustatic controls. Hydrocarbon geology and hydrogeological implications. Examples from the Po Plain and Delta area. Field activity in the Po Delta and on outcroping fossil analogous.

Didactic methods

Oral lessons

Learning assessment procedures

Oral examination.

Reference texts

Ricci Lucchi: Sedimentologia. Ed. Clueb.
Walker and James: Facies Model. Geological Assocaition of Canada.
Testi, carte e dispense distribuiti durante lo svolgimento del corso.

La consultazione del sito Google Earth è sempre fondamentale, anche con il confronto diacrono di immagini satellitare di epoca diversa e l'uso di streetview e delle foto associate.

Per la Pianura Padano-Veneta è fondamentale Carta geomorfologica della Pianura Padana = Geomorphological map of Po plain . Carta altimetrica e dei movimenti verticali del suolo della Pianura Padana = Map of relief and vertical movements of Po plain : scala/ scale 1 : 250.000, SElCA, Firenze, 1997.