Deeper knownledge of the stratigraphy, structural setting and tectonic evolution of the Northern Apennines. Knownledge of the tectonics and stratigraphy of the Alps, central and southern Apennines, Calabro-Peloritan Arc, Sicily, Corsica-Sardinia block. Knownledge of the of the geodinamics of theTyrrhenian Sea in the frame of the geological evolution of the Mediterranean Sea
Scientific papers (the list is given by the teacher)
Textbooks:
Guide GeologicheRegionali SGI –Ed. Be-ma, Milano
Autori vari (2003) – Geology of Italy. Episodes, 26 (3)
Vai, G. B., Martini, I. P. (2001). Anatomy of an orogen: the Apennines and adjacent Mediterranean basins. Kluver Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, pp 632.
Learning Objectives
Knownledge of the geology of Italy
Prerequisites
Courses recommmended: All courses of Earth Sciences of the L-34 degree
Teaching Methods
Lectures and field practice
Type of Assessment
oral test (eventually with reading of geological maps)
Course program
Relationships sedimentation / tectonics in sedimentary basins. Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Northern Apennines units. Sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the Alps. Relations between the Alps and 'northern Apennines. Outlines of stratigraphy and tectonics of the central Apennines. Relations between the Northern Apennines and the central Apennines. Outlines of stratigraphy and tectonics of the southern Apennines. Stratigraphy and tectonic features of the Calabrian-Peloritan Arc. Outlines of stratigraphy and tectonics of Sicily. Outlines of stratigraphy and tectonics of the Sardinian-Corsican block. Evolution of the Tyrrhenian basin in the evolution frame of the Mediterranea Sea.
Field excursions in the on typical gelogical transepts