SEDIMENTOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Disciplinary Sector:

Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Geology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PASCUCCI Vincenzo

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of geology

AF code:

40003697

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The aim of the course is the definition of complex environmental realms, both old and new through the recognition of depositional processes that generated them. The main technique of investigation is the facies analysis both at the micro-and mesoscale. The vertical succession of depositional environments allows defining evolutionary models. These will allow recognizing the climatic conditions in which certain environments have been developed. Climate changes occurred in the past (last 120 ka) will be used as a model to assess how the human impact is affecting the current changes.

Contents

The classification of sedimentary rocks, grain size analysis, flows, transport, sedimentary structures. Facies analysis and description of the main sedimentary structures, reconstruction of sedimentary environments. Rrivers, deltas, coasts, beaches, lagoons, tidal flats (tidal flat). Sea level changes, Cycles and the cyclostratigraphy, cycles of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th order. The absolute dating 14C, the optical stimulated luminescence (OSL). Quaternary and Holocene. The isotope stratigraphy. Glacial and interglacial cycles. Geophysics as a tool for environmental studies, the ground penetrating radar, the side scan sonar, and the single beam.
Applications: climate changes and hantropic influence.

Recommended Bibliography

All lectures will be given to students in PDF format. Suggested text books are: Successioni sedimentarie, A. Bosellini, E. Mutti, F. Ricci Lucchi (1989), UTET; Principles of Sedimentary and Stratigraphy, S. Bogs (2006), Prentice Hall; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, G.F. Nichols (2009), Wiley-Blackwell; Facies Models, R. Walker and N.James (1992). Geological Association of Canada.

Teaching Methods

Face to face and in laboratory of sedimentology. At least three field trips and seminars on specific topics will be run. Students will be encouraged to approach different issues, to work in groups and communicate their different experiences (results and analyses) both laboratory and field. Aim is to solve complex interdisciplinary items and to reach the common goal; that is, how to recognize the climatic changes analyzing sedimentary rocks.

Lecturers, lab experinces and field trips

Contacts/More Information

Contacts:
Via Piandanna,4 - Sassari
e-mail: pascucci@uniss.it
Reception hours:
Mon 10-13
Phone: 3204791043

Readiness to offer individual assistance in a foreign language to incoming students (English, French): YES
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (English): YES
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English, French) : YES

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