GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic year
2019/2020
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
GEO/03 (STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Course
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (02/03/2020 - 12/06/2020)
ECTS
9
Lesson hours
116 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
TOSCANI GIOVANNI (titolare) - 9 ECTS
Prerequisites
NO prerequisite
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide to the student the following skills: (i) orienteering in the field; (ii)
examination of an outcrop from the lithological, stratigraphical and structural viewpoints; (iii) mapping of
stratigraphic and tectonic contacts (Vee’s Rule); (iv) geological mapping, with stratigraphic columns and crosssections,
pertinent to areas geologically simple and/or of average complexity; (v) drafting of a synthetic report
in which is summarized the geological evolution of the mapped areas.
Course contents
Contents. Orienteering outlines and using the topographic maps on the field. The geologic compass: using for
orienteering and to measure planar and linear elements: different types of geological compasses. Searching and
characterization of rock exposures; lithotype, lithofacies and lithostratigraphic unit; location the outcrops in the
map; recording data in the field notebook; samples collection for petrographic, paleontologic and other
analyses; photographic report. Stratigraphic and structural principles. Methods of geological mapping and its
instruments. Methods to carry out a geological map starting from field data and remarks.
Teaching methods
The program consists of frontal lessons, practical exercises in classrooms and field-trips.
Reccomended or required readings
Richard J. Lisle, Peter Brabham, John W. Barne-Basic, Geological Mapping, 5th Edition ISBN : 978-0-470-68634-8 Wiley editore
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Corrado Venturini, Realizzare e leggere carte e sezioni geologiche, Dario Flaccovio Editore
Assessment methods
The exam consists of the following tests: a) orienteering test; b) report of the stratigraphical, sedimentological
and structural characteristics observed during the field-trips; c) geological cross section; d) oral examination.
Further information
The exam consists of the following tests: a) orienteering test; b) report of the stratigraphical, sedimentological
and structural characteristics observed during the field-trips; c) geological cross section; d) oral examination.
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