Geological Sciences

-Geophysical and geological observables for the italian region. 4 hours -Stratigraphy and structure of Italy; evolution of Mesozoic passive margins and their evolution into Tertiary active margins. 4 hours -Structure of the Alps; geometry and evolution of the belt; Southern Alps, Austroalpine, Penninic and Helvetic domains; Insubric lineament. 8 hours -Structure of the Apennines; geometry and evolution of the belt; Tyrrhenian backarc spreading. 8 hours -Geology of the italian seas. 2 hours -Hercynian tectonics. 2 hours -Mediterranean geodynamics. 4 hours -Reading and interpretation of geological maps. 20 hours

Basic knowledge in sedimentology, geomorphology, petrography, geophysics and geology 1 and 2

Carmignani Luigi, Conti Paolo, Funedda Antonio, Oggiano Giacomo, Pasci Sandro, 2012. Geologia della Sardegna, Geological Field Trips, Vol.4 No.2.2 Carminati, Eugenio, Michele Lustrino, and Carlo Doglioni. "Geodynamic evolution of the central and western Mediterranean: Tectonics vs. igneous petrology constraints." Tectonophysics 579 (2012): 173-192. Carminati, Eugenio, and Carlo Doglioni. "Alps vs. Apennines: the paradigm of a tectonically asymmetric Earth." Earth-Science Reviews 112.1 (2012): 67-96. Cosentino, Domenico, et al. "Geology of the central Apennines: a regional review." Journal of the Virtual Explorer 36 (2010). Doglioni Carlo and Carminati Eugenio, 2012 Structural styles and Dolomites field trip. Mem. Descrittive Carta Geol. D’Italia. Gianolla Piero, Avanzini Marco, Breda Anna, Kustatscher Evelyn,
Preto Nereo, Roghi Guido, Furin Stefano, Massari Francesco, Picotti Vincenzo, Stefani Marco, 2010. Dolomites, 7th InternatIonal Triassic Field Workshop Handy, Mark R., et al. "Reconciling plate-tectonic reconstructions of Alpine Tethys with the geological–geophysical record of spreading and subduction in the Alps." Earth-Science Reviews 102.3 (2010): 121-158. Lentini Fabio, Carbone Serafina, 2014, Geologia della Sicilia, Mem. Descr. Carta Geol. d’It. XCV (2014), pp. 7-414. Molli, G., et al. "Geology of the Western Alps-Northern Apennine junction area: a regional review." Eds.) Marco Beltrando, Angelo Peccerillo, Massimo Mattei, Sandro Conticelli, and Carlo Doglioni, Journal of the Virtual Explorer 36 (2010): 3. Molli, G., and Jacques Malavieille. "Orogenic processes and the Corsica/Apennines geodynamic evolution: insights from Taiwan." International Journal of Earth Sciences 100.5 (2011): 1207-1224. Scrocca, D., et al. "Tyrrhenian Sea." Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Passive Margins, Cratonic Basins and Global Tectonic Maps, Elsevier C 1 (2012): 473-485. Vezzani, Livio, Andrea Festa, and Francesca C. Ghisetti, 2012. "Geology and tectonic evolution of the Central-Southern Apennines, Italy." Geological Society of America Special Papers 469, 1-58. Slides

Not compulsory but strongly advised

The exam will begin with the interpretation of a geological map discussed during the lectures. Furthermore, a knowledge on the basic elements of the stratigraphic and tectonic evolution of Italy will be required.

Carmignani Luigi, Conti Paolo, Funedda Antonio, Oggiano Giacomo, Pasci Sandro, 2012. Geologia della Sardegna, Geological Field Trips, Vol.4 No.2.2 Carminati, Eugenio, Michele Lustrino, and Carlo Doglioni. "Geodynamic evolution of the central and western Mediterranean: Tectonics vs. igneous petrology constraints." Tectonophysics 579 (2012): 173-192. Carminati, Eugenio, and Carlo Doglioni. "Alps vs. Apennines: the paradigm of a tectonically asymmetric Earth." Earth-Science Reviews 112.1 (2012): 67-96. Cosentino, Domenico, et al. "Geology of the central Apennines: a regional review." Journal of the Virtual Explorer 36 (2010). Doglioni Carlo and Carminati Eugenio, 2012 Structural styles and Dolomites field trip. Mem. Descrittive Carta Geol. D’Italia. Gianolla Piero, Avanzini Marco, Breda Anna, Kustatscher Evelyn,
Preto Nereo, Roghi Guido, Furin Stefano, Massari Francesco, Picotti Vincenzo, Stefani Marco, 2010. Dolomites, 7th InternatIonal Triassic Field Workshop Handy, Mark R., et al. "Reconciling plate-tectonic reconstructions of Alpine Tethys with the geological–geophysical record of spreading and subduction in the Alps." Earth-Science Reviews 102.3 (2010): 121-158. Lentini Fabio, Carbone Serafina, 2014, Geologia della Sicilia, Mem. Descr. Carta Geol. d’It. XCV (2014), pp. 7-414. Molli, G., et al. "Geology of the Western Alps-Northern Apennine junction area: a regional review." Eds.) Marco Beltrando, Angelo Peccerillo, Massimo Mattei, Sandro Conticelli, and Carlo Doglioni, Journal of the Virtual Explorer 36 (2010): 3. Molli, G., and Jacques Malavieille. "Orogenic processes and the Corsica/Apennines geodynamic evolution: insights from Taiwan." International Journal of Earth Sciences 100.5 (2011): 1207-1224. Scrocca, D., et al. "Tyrrhenian Sea." Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Passive Margins, Cratonic Basins and Global Tectonic Maps, Elsevier C 1 (2012): 473-485. Vezzani, Livio, Andrea Festa, and Francesca C. Ghisetti, 2012. "Geology and tectonic evolution of the Central-Southern Apennines, Italy." Geological Society of America Special Papers 469, 1-58. Slides

The class will include frontal lectures and practicals on the interpretation of geological maps.