20401943 - GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC FORMATION NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE EARTH RELIEF EVOLUTION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SURFACE LANDFORMS AND RELATED DEPOSITS. THE COMPETENCES AND SKILLS AQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS WILL MAKE THEM CAPABLE TO WORK IN SEVERAL FIELDS OF EARTH SCIENCES, EITHER IN PURE SCIENCE (CONTINENTAL GEOLOGY, SURFACE PROCESSES, PALEOCLIMATE) OR IN APPLICATION (LANDSLIDES, FLUVIAL EROSION AND FLOODING, COASTAL EROSION, EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC HAZARD, ETC.) INCLUDING AIR PHOTO INTERPRETATION. AT THE MODULE END, THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: RECOGNIZE THE Geological-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EXPRESSION OF SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES AND TECTONIC STRUCTURES; TO INDIVIDUATE TIME-SPACE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITHOLOGIES, LANDFORMS AND DEPOSITS.
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Programme

Introduction to Geomorphology; Weathering; soils; introduction to air-photo analysis; geomorphological cartography; slope processes, landforms and deposits; river processes, landforms and deposits; glacial processes, landforms and deposits; periglacial processes, landforms and deposits; karst processes, landforms and deposits; aeolian processes, landforms and deposits; tectonic geomorphology; volcanic geomorphology; planation landforms and landscape evolution models. The lab activity includes the interpretation of air photos relative to central Italy.

Core Documentation

DRAMIS & OLLIER, Genesi ed evoluzione del rilievo terrestre. PITAGORA EDITRICE BOLOGNA

MCKNIGHT & HESS, Geofrafia Fisica. PICCIN, PADOVA

CICCACCI, LE FORME DEL RILIEVO, Atlante illustrato di Geomorfologia. MONDADORI UNIVERSITA’

SPAGNA, Aerogeologia. PITAGORA EDITRICE, BOLOGNA.

ANGELELLI, ARCOZZI, MANDOLESI, PRETI, Guida alla fotointerpretazione e restituzione tematica. PITAGORA EDITRICE, BOLOGNA.

GOMARASCA, Elementi di Geomatica. A.I.T., ROMA.


Type of delivery of the course

48 h lessons 36 h lab activity (air photo interpretation)

Type of evaluation

a written test, air photo interpretation, a oral examination