2019/2020

2019/2020

DM270

GEO/02 (STRATIGRAPHIC AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL GEOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

APPLIED GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

1st semester (01/10/2019 - 15/01/2020)

6

54 lesson hours

ORAL TEST

DI GIULIO ANDREA STEFANO (titolare) - 3 ECTS
AMADORI CHIARA - 3 ECTS

Basic knowledge of stratigraphy, sedimentology and geodynamics (bachelor degree level courses)

The module aims to provide the fundamental knowledge about modern stratigraphic approaches, about litho- chrono- allo-stratigraphic diagrams and about factors controlling the origin of sedimentary basins and their sin- post- depositional evolution, with special emphasis on a sequence stratigraphic approach to the study of basin filling architecture.

The module is organized in 3 main parts.
1st Part: subsidence and its causes, origin and classification of sedimentary basins; main tracts of basins related to divergent, convergent and strike slip settings.
2nd Part: controlling factors on filling of sedimentary
basins; eustacy, subsidence and accommodation space, sequence and their boundaries, sediment supply vs. accommodation space, stacking patterns, sequences, system tracts and their boundaries.
3rd Part: basic concepts and tools for unravelling the subsidence, burial, diagenetic and thermal history of sedimentary basins and their applications to hydrocarbon exploration.

The course is concluded by a few days field trip into an Italian sedimentary basin.

Lectures and field work

Allen P.A. & Allen J.R. (2005) Basin Analysis. Blackwell, 549 pp.
Catuneanu O. (2006) – Principles of sequence stratigraphy. Elsevier, 375 pp.
CD – Dynamic Stratigraphy – UK Earth Science Courseware

The course end with an oral examination, eventually integrated by a power point presentation on an individual project.

Slides and other teaching material are available online in KIRO