CODE 95006 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 1 HYDROGRAPHY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 10590 (LM-75) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR GEO/02 LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: MARINE GEOLOGY FOR HYDROGRAPHY OVERVIEW The course starts to the study of the marine floors and underlying layers with features, sediments, structures and morphodynamics of the ocean basin with particular reference to the seafloor nature, marine and coastal sediment environments and geomorphology, marine geotechnics, acoustics and high resolution seismic stratigraphy. An integrated approach is fundamental to study Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Processes referring to the Hydrographic International Standards. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES To provide the students an integrated view of sea floor with the necessary notions and concepts to make them able to correctly analyse and interpret seabed and sub-seabed nature and features with acoustics and high resolution seismic stratigraphy, sediment properties and morphodynamics of the ocean basin. That purpose is aimed at also by the exploitation of an integrated approach between geophysics and geological data to product a seabed mapping. TEACHING METHODS Lectures and guided exercises SYLLABUS/CONTENT Seafloor nature; Marine and Coastal Geomorphology; Seabed sampling; Marine geotechnics and sediment properties; Acoustics in the sediments; Principles of sedimentology and sedimentary cycle; Acoustic backscatter and seabed mapping; Marine and coastal environments and high resolution seismic stratigraphy. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Davis R.A., Fitzgerald D.M., 2003. Beaches and Coast. Blackwell Pub. Li M.Z., Sherwood C.R., Hill P.R. (Eds.), 2012. Sediments, Morphology and sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves. Advances in Technologies, Research and applications. Special Publication n. 44 of the International Associations of Sedimentologists, Wiley Blackwell Ed. Lurton X., Lamarche G., 2015. Backscatter measurements by seafloor‐mapping sonars Guidelines and Recommendations. A collective report by members of the GeoHab Backscatter Working Group Editors. Robert C.M., 2009. Global Sedimentology of the Ocean. Developments in Marine Geology, 3, Elsevier Ed. Teachers’ lecture notes. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ROBERTA IVALDI Ricevimento: Upon request Exam Board NICOLA CORRADI (President) ROBERTA IVALDI (President) LAURA CANESI MARCO FERRARI LESSONS LESSONS START October 2017 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral ASSESSMENT METHODS Written tests during the course Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 07/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 28/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 12/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 26/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 20/09/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Recommended the frequency to the exercises
