AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of teaching course is to provide students with an advanced overview of sedimentary processes. Main topics include: transport and sedimentation processes: selective and mass transports; settling and gravitative deposits; sedimentary structures. Sedimentary environments, depositional systems and facies models: alluvial, deltaic, littoral, platform and deep sea systems. Dynamic of succession and depositional sedimentary sequences.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and participation in the planned training activities (lessons, classroom and field exercises) will allow the student to acquire advanced knowledge on environments and related sedimentary processes.
Specifically, the student will be able to:
• know how describe and classify the main types of clastic deposits
• know how to distinguish and identify the sedimentary structures, associating them with sedimentary dynamics;

• know how to connect the compositional, textural and structural features of sediments to environments and specific depositional systems;
• know how to connect sedimentary types and structures to the tectonically controlled basins.

TEACHING METHODS

The lectures are delivered in person in the classroom with the aid of multimedia presentations. The laboratory activities in the classroom will aim to describe and discuss sedimentary structures in rock samples and use them to recognize sedimentary facies and depositional systems. The field activity will aim to guide students in the recognition of sedimentary rocks, physical stratigraphy, the sedimentology of clastic deposits, and related depositional systems and environments.
All in-person activities will be carried out in compliance with the capacity limits of the classrooms/laboratories and distancing required by current legislation.
 

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Sara Ferrando (sara.ferrando@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The main topics include transport and sedimentation processes, selective and mass transport, settling and gravity deposits, sedimentary structures, sedimentary environments, depositional systems and facies models, dynamics of depositional series and sequences, relations between tectonics and sedimentation, physical stratigraphy snd the sedimentology of clastic deposits,.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The presentations used during the lessons will be available on AulaWeb.
The reference texts are:

Ricci Lucchi F. 1980 – Sedimentologia parti I II e III CLUEB Ed.

Bosellini A., Mutti E. & Ricci Lucchi F. 1989 – Rocce e successioni sedimentarie. UTET.

Tucker M.E. – 2010 – Geologia del sedimentario Dario Flaccovio Editore.

Einsele G. 1992 - Sedimentary Basins. Springer Verlag

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LAURA FEDERICO (President)

MICHELE PIAZZA

DANILO MORELLI (President Substitute)

KEI OGATA (President Substitute)

PAOLA CIANFARRA (Substitute)

NICOLA CORRADI (Substitute)

LAURA CRISPINI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

 See: https://easyacademy.unige.it/portalestudenti/

Class schedule

GEOLOGY 2 (MODULO 2 )

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam consists of an integrated test between the two modules of the course. For a detailed description of the exam modalities, see Geology 2 - code 80270.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The practical test will verify the effective acquisition of the necessary knowledge to discuss the sedimentary structures in rock samples, physical stratigraphy and sedimentology of clastic deposits.

The oral test will focus on the topics covered during the lectures, laboratory activities in the classroom, and fieldwork. Its aim is to assess whether the student has acquired a sufficient level of knowledge and whether they have developed the ability to integrate the concepts from both modules. Additionally, the student's capacity to discuss the topics clearly and use the correct terminology will be evaluated.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with a certification of physical or learning disability filed with the University can find information on support services at the webpage https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa/studenti-disturbi-specifici-apprendimento-dsa, provided by the "Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and with Learning Disorders." They can also contact Professor Sara Ferrando (sara.ferrando@unige.it), the Distav contact for disabilities.