LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the student with the basis for the analytical, interpretative and evolutionary study of the forms of the terrestrial relief by analyzing the causes that generate and modify it, with particular attention to the forms connected to the exogenous dynamics.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Participation in educational activities will provide the student with the tools necessary to tackle the basic studies for understanding and interpreting the forms of the land survey necessary for the study of the landscape.

at the end of the course the student will be able to:

• understand and interpret topographic and geomorphological maps
• know the fundamental principles of the morphology of the earth's surface
• understand the processes and interactions between the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere, whether they are of a physical, chemical or biological nature  
• describe and interpret a soil profile
• understand the evolution of earth’s relief

PREREQUISITES

No specific prerequisites

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching consists of lecture and exercises. Attendance at classes and exercises is strongly recommended. Lectures in the classroom are exposed by means of multimedia presentations. The exercises are aimed at the practical application of the theoretical knowledge acquired during the lectures. The exercises in the classroom. will be held by the teaching professors, assisted by a laboratory tutor.

Please refer to the specific AulaWeb application for teaching for any updates due to changes in the health and epidemiological situation.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Basics of cartography; cartographic reference systems; alteration of rocks and soil formation; slopes and landslides; hydrography and fluvial geomorphology; volcanic geomorphology; glacial geomorphology; periglacial geomorphology; Aeolian geomorphology, karst geomorphology; marine geomorphology (coastal and underwater morphology).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

All the slides used during the lessons and other teaching material will be available on AulaWeb at the end of each cycle of lessons / laboratory exercises.

The books indicated are suggested as supporting text and are available and consultable together with other books for further study at the M.F.N. School Library and at the teacher office.

CASTIGLIONI G.B. (1979) - Geomorfologia. UTET. [Reprint 1982; II edition1986].

PANIZZA M. (1992) - Geomorfologia. Pitagora Editrice. [II edition1995]

E. Pranzini (2004) - La forma delle coste. Zanichelli.

G. Certini, F.C. Ugolini (2021). Basi di Pedologia – cos’è il suolo, come si forma, come va descritto e classificato. Edagricole di New Business Media srl.