• Interpret complex stratigraphic sequences.
• Apply advanced methods of stratigraphic correlation.
• Integrate sedimentological, palaeontological, geochemical and geophysical data.
• Develop models of sedimentation and basin evolution.
• Apply sequential stratigraphy in siliciclastic and carbonate contexts.
• Apply advanced methods of stratigraphic correlation.
• Integrate sedimentological, palaeontological, geochemical and geophysical data.
• Develop models of sedimentation and basin evolution.
• Apply sequential stratigraphy in siliciclastic and carbonate contexts.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Programme
Module 1 - Foundations of Modern Stratigraphy (6 hours)• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
Core Documentation
International Subcommissionon StratigraphicClassificationof IUGS International Commissionon Stratigraphy(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Attendance
Face to faceType of evaluation
Oral assessment of the achievement of learning outcomes. Weighting: 60% Assessment of fieldwork through the discussion of a written report. Weighting: 40% teacher profile teaching materials
Programme
Field activities aimed at reconstructing the regional geological and structural evolution. Geological mapping, collection and representation of structural measurements, and processing and interpretation of structural data.Core Documentation
Course materials provided by the instructor and textbooks adopted for the Structural Geology course.Attendance
compulsoryType of evaluation
Oral examination and evaluation of the field activity teacher profile teaching materials
• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Programme
Module 1 - Foundations of Modern Stratigraphy (6 hours)• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
Core Documentation
International Subcommissionon StratigraphicClassificationof IUGS International Commissionon Stratigraphy(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Attendance
Face to faceType of evaluation
Oral assessment of the achievement of learning outcomes. Weighting: 60% Assessment of fieldwork through the discussion of a written report. Weighting: 40% teacher profile teaching materials
Programme
Field activities aimed at reconstructing the regional geological and structural evolution. Geological mapping, collection and representation of structural measurements, and processing and interpretation of structural data.Core Documentation
Course materials provided by the instructor and textbooks adopted for the Structural Geology course.Attendance
compulsoryType of evaluation
Oral examination and evaluation of the field activity teacher profile teaching materials
• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Programme
Module 1 - Foundations of Modern Stratigraphy (6 hours)• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
Core Documentation
International Subcommissionon StratigraphicClassificationof IUGS International Commissionon Stratigraphy(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Attendance
Face to faceType of evaluation
Oral assessment of the achievement of learning outcomes. Weighting: 60% Assessment of fieldwork through the discussion of a written report. Weighting: 40% teacher profile teaching materials
Programme
Field activities aimed at reconstructing the regional geological and structural evolution. Geological mapping, collection and representation of structural measurements, and processing and interpretation of structural data.Core Documentation
Course materials provided by the instructor and textbooks adopted for the Structural Geology course.Attendance
compulsoryType of evaluation
Oral examination and evaluation of the field activity teacher profile teaching materials
• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Programme
Module 1 - Foundations of Modern Stratigraphy (6 hours)• Historical development of stratigraphic concepts
• Advanced concepts of geological time.
• Modern stratigraphic frameworks and integrated methodologies.
• Opportunities and limitations of classical stratigraphic correlation.
• Stratigraphy as a tool for reconstructing Earth-system evolution.
Module 2 - Biostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Principles of biostratigraphic correlation.
• Advanced biozonation concepts.
• Biostratigraphic resolution and uncertainty.
• Microfossils as high-resolution chronological tools.
• Applications to the timing and evolution of the Apennine orogenic system.
Module 3 - Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology (6 hours)
• International chronostratigraphic standards and time scales.
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs).
• Radiometric dating techniques.
• Astrochronology and orbital forcing.
• Event stratigraphy and global correlation markers.
• Integration of absolute and relative dating methods.
Module 4 - Magnetostratigraphy and Chemostratigraphy (6 hours)
• Earth's magnetic field and polarity reversals.
• Magnetostratigraphic time scales.
• Stable-isotope stratigraphy (C, O and Sr isotopes).
• Oceanic Anoxic Events and global environmental perturbations.
• Integrated chemostratigraphic frameworks.
• Applications to high-resolution stratigraphic correlation.
Module 5 - Sequence Stratigraphy (12 hours)
• Fundamental concepts and terminology.
• Accommodation space and base-level changes.
• Depositional systems and stratigraphic architecture.
• Surface-based stratigraphic analysis.
• Sequence boundaries and key stratigraphic surfaces.
• Systems tracts and stacking patterns.
• Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems.
• Interpretation of well logs and seismic profiles.
Module 6 - Basin Analysis (8 hours)
• Subsidence mechanisms and synsedimentary tectonics.
• Extensional, compressional, strike-slip, and foreland basins.
• Sediment provenance studies.
• Source-to-sink approaches.
• Interactions among tectonics, climate, sediment supply, and accommodation.
Module 7 - Applied Stratigraphy (4 hours)
• Stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir characterization.
• Applications in environmental geology.
• Geological carbon storage (CCS).
• Groundwater resources and aquifer systems.
• Stratigraphic approaches to sustainable subsurface management.
Laboratory Activities (9 hours)
Laboratory sessions are designed to strengthen the practical application of stratigraphic concepts through:
• Interpretation of stratigraphic logs and measured sections.
• Regional-scale stratigraphic correlation.
• Analysis of geophysical well logs.
• Seismostratigraphic interpretation.
• Integration of biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and sedimentological datasets.
Field Activities (72 hours)
Fieldwork programme in stratigraphic geology structural geology and volcanology
Course aims
The field course integrates stratigraphic, structural and volcanological observations into a single workflow of data acquisition, interpretation and presentation. Students reconstruct the depositional, deformational and magmatic evolution of the area and establish the temporal relationships among these processes. The course culminates in a shared geological model supported by field measurements and an explicit assessment of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
• Measure stratigraphic successions and describe facies, key surfaces, geometries and lateral variations.
• Measure and interpret bedding attitudes, folds, faults, fractures, kinematic indicators and cross-cutting relationships.
• Describe volcanic products and architectures, recognising eruptive, depositional and reworking processes.
• Integrate different datasets into coherent logs, maps, geological cross-sections and chronostratigraphic schemes.
• Formulate testable hypotheses, discuss alternative interpretations and communicate results orally and in writing.
General organisation:
Duration: Nine consecutive days; approximately 7–8 hours per day, including fieldwork, briefing and data review.
Groups: Teams of 3–4 students with rotating roles: safety, mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, volcanology and data management.
Outputs: Individual field notebook, logs, structural stations, volcanological records, map, cross-section, report and presentation.
Method: Initial briefing, guided work, increasing autonomy, evening data review and daily reassessment of hypotheses.
Core Documentation
International Subcommissionon StratigraphicClassificationof IUGS International Commissionon Stratigraphy(1976) –International StratigraphicGuide. Salvador A. (Ed.)
CoeA.L., BosenceD.W.J., Church K.D., Flint S.S., HowellJ.A., Wilson R.C. (2002) –The SedimentaryRecord of Sea-Level Change. CoeA.L. (Ed.). The Open University-Cambridge UniversityPress.
Articoli da letteratura
Moore Clyde, WadeWilliam J. (2013) -Carbonate Reservoirs. Porosityand Diagenesisin a SequenceStratigraphicFramework. 2°Edition, Vol. 67. Elsevier.
Graham Weedon, 2003. Time Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy: Examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles. Cambridge University Press.
Guida Italiana alla Classificazione e alla Terminologia Stratigrafica
https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/periodicitecnici/quaderni-sgi/quad9/cap1-4.pdf
Attendance
Face to faceType of evaluation
Oral assessment of the achievement of learning outcomes. Weighting: 60% Assessment of fieldwork through the discussion of a written report. Weighting: 40% teacher profile teaching materials
Programme
Field activities aimed at reconstructing the regional geological and structural evolution. Geological mapping, collection and representation of structural measurements, and processing and interpretation of structural data.Core Documentation
Course materials provided by the instructor and textbooks adopted for the Structural Geology course.Attendance
compulsoryType of evaluation
Oral examination and evaluation of the field activity