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Single discipline educational activity
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Objectives
Contents The class has the objective to introduce the student to different aspect of Earth Science, that can variate depending upon the locality where the field trip will be held.
Extended Syllabus The main aspect of geology that will be studied during the Multidisciplinary field trip on the Dolomites are:
- Permo-Traissic sedimentary succession and sequence stratigraphy (Bletterbach canyon; Latemar);
- crisis of carbonate platforms (Latemar, Sciliar, Sella);
- volcanic events;
- structural styles and thrusts (Piz Boé; Puez);
- diapir tectonics and petroleum potential (San Nicolò).
- geotourism (Predazzo Geologic museum, GEOPARC)
Recommended Bibliography For the field trip on the Dolomites, the texts are:
- Alfonso Bosellini (1996), Geologia delle Dolomiti. Casa editrice Athesia
- Field Trip Guide Book - P44 (2004), Triassic carbonate platforms of the dolomites: carbonate production, relative sea-level fluctuations and the shaping of the depositional architecture, Volume n° 5 - from P37 to P54, 32nd International Geological Congress
- Doglioni C., Carminati E. (2008), Structural styles & Dolomites field trip, Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica d’Italia, volume LXXXII
- further material provided during class
Teaching Methods The lessons will be distributed as follows:
- lessons in class: 12 hours
- field trip: 48 hours (6 days)
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The learning will be verified through a team work that consists in a written relation and an oral presentation.
The oral exam will be held immediately before or during the field trip.
Contacts/More Information Attending frontal lessons is a prerequisite to participate to the field trip. During the field trip, the use of Safety gear is compulsory.