FIELD AND MAPPING GEOLOGY
Course objectives
Developing competences and expected learning outcomes The student will learn how to tackle facies analysis and geological mapping in regions where siliciclastic systems merge with carbonate systems, and a rugged topography of the Paleozoic basement, enhanced by multiphase rifting through the Early Jurassic, rules over the 3D distribution of deposits and paleoenvironments. The main theme of the course is that of identifying an intricate pattern of unconformities (onlaps, downlaps, non-conformities, drowning paraconformities), and rarely seen details of a groove-and-spur submarine topography, and learning how to map them through field exercises, in an area far removed from more typical training grounds in the Apennines.
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MASSIMO SANTANTONIO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Geological evolution of the Calabria-Peloritani Arc. Geological mapping and facies analysis in mixed carbonate/siliciclastic systems: the Calabria case study.
The Longobucco and Caloveto Supergroups: fluvial to shelf (clastic to carbonate, including fringing reefs, ooid/plant debris facies, and microbialite facies), to deep-marine (siliciclastic turbidites to pelagic limestone and cherts) environments. Body and Trace fossils. Field mapping of Jurassic structures, paleoescarpment diagenesis and condensed epi-escarpment deposits, multiple unconformities at basin margins, megaclastic basin-margin facies and contacts with the Hercynian intrusive and metamorphic basement.
Prerequisites
Main subjects taught in the courses of Geological Mapping, Geology 1 & 2, Paleontology and Petrography. The student must be familiar with the field techniques of geological mapping (essential).
Books
Texts
Notes after classes taught in the field and classroom
Teaching mode
Classroom lessons plus six-day Field Camp in northern Calabria
Frequency
Mandatory
Exam mode
The exam will be centered on the drafting of an essay, and a PowerPoint presentation, on a topic assigned to each student, related to the subjects addressed during the field-trip in Calabria and to the geology of perimediterranean regions (ppt presentation = 12 minutes, plus discussion time), as well as on the Mesozoic geology of Calabria and on the more specific topics discussed in the field. Total duration (average): about 40 minutes.
Lesson mode
Classroom lessons plus six-day Field Camp in northern Calabria
MASSIMO SANTANTONIO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Geological evolution of the Calabria-Peloritani Arc. Geological mapping and facies analysis in mixed carbonate/siliciclastic systems: the Calabria case study.
The Longobucco and Caloveto Supergroups: fluvial to shelf (clastic to carbonate, including fringing reefs, ooid/plant debris facies, and microbialite facies), to deep-marine (siliciclastic turbidites to pelagic limestone and cherts) environments. Body and Trace fossils. Field mapping of Jurassic structures, paleoescarpment diagenesis and condensed epi-escarpment deposits, multiple unconformities at basin margins, megaclastic basin-margin facies and contacts with the Hercynian intrusive and metamorphic basement.
Prerequisites
Main subjects taught in the courses of Geological Mapping, Geology 1 & 2, Paleontology and Petrography. The student must be familiar with the field techniques of geological mapping (essential).
Books
Texts
Notes after classes taught in the field and classroom
Teaching mode
Classroom lessons plus six-day Field Camp in northern Calabria
Frequency
Mandatory
Exam mode
The exam will be centered on the drafting of an essay, and a PowerPoint presentation, on a topic assigned to each student, related to the subjects addressed during the field-trip in Calabria and to the geology of perimediterranean regions (ppt presentation = 12 minutes, plus discussion time), as well as on the Mesozoic geology of Calabria and on the more specific topics discussed in the field. Total duration (average): about 40 minutes.
Lesson mode
Classroom lessons plus six-day Field Camp in northern Calabria
- Lesson code1007525
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseExploration Geology
- CurriculumSingle curriculum
- Year2nd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDGEO/02
- CFU6