Academic year2016/17
CourseGEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Code011DD
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| GEOMORFOLOGIA | GEO/04 | LEZIONI | 56 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will get a broad knowledge of the scope and main areas of Geomorphology, a solid knowledge for describing, characterizing, and interpreting landscape features of endogenous and exogenous origin, including the recognition of basic geomorphologic features, their development, and their spatial distribution (with ability to classify and describe landforms in a variety of environmental settings). Furthermore, he/she will obtain the ability to distinguish active, inactive, quiescent, and relict geomorphologic features. Basic criteria for applying geochronological tools (relative- and absolute- dating of landform features) and elementary techniques of photointerpretation will also be acquired.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
During the oral exam the student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material. The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology.
Methods:
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- participation in discussions
- individual study
- Laboratory work
- Bibliography search
- Practical
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
Syllabus
Principles of geomorphology: basic concepts for the study of landforms with respect to processes that produce and modify them at a variety of scale in space and time. Endogenic landforms originated by processes acting within the Earth; exogenic landforms originated by processes acting at the earth-atmosphere-water interface. Geological, climatic and other factors conditioning landforms origin and their evolution. Spatial and temporal scales in geomorphology; basic principles of geochronology for defining relative- and absolute- age of landform and surficial deposits. Structural geomorphology. Landforms originated by weathering and slope processes; mass wasting; soils and their origin; soil erosion; paleosoils and their relevance for landscape analysis. Karst landforms and speleogenesis. Landforms of fluvial, glacial, periglacial, eolic and marine origin. Models of landscape evolution. Basic principles of photointerpretation. Geomorphological maps and their structure.
Bibliography
Recommended reading includes the following works:
- Castiglioni G.B., 1979: Geomorfologia. UTET, Torino.
- Selby M.J., 1989: Earth’s Changing Surface. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
- Summerfield M.A., 1991: Global Geomorphology. Longman.
- NASA – Geomorphology from space. Online: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/
Other suggested reading:
- Bartolini C. Peccerillo A., 2002: I fattori geologici delle forme del rilievo. Pitagora, Bologna.
- Ciccacci S., 2010: Le forme del rilievo. Atlante illustrato di geomorfologia. Mondadori Università - Sapienza Università di Roma.
Further bibliography on specific topics will be indicated during the course.
Work placement
The course provides practical activity which mainly consists in the introduction to interpretation of aerial photographs through the stereoscopic vision (3D).
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