GEOLOGICAL CARTOGRAPHY WITH LABORATORY

The objective of the course is that students acquire the ability to perform autonomously geological profiles at various scales, to know how to read and interpret the stratigraphic and tectonic elements represented in a geological map in order to correctly evaluate the spatio-temporal evolution of the various sectors that make up the Appenninic-Maghrebian Orogen.

The course consists of six credits of laboratory lessons (6 cfu L). The didactic material consists of Geological Maps of various scale. The lessons, preliminary to the drafting of the geological profile, are carried out with slides and Power Point.The geological maps are made available by the didactic structure or by the teacher. Several geological maps, as long as available, will be honored to the students attending the course.The topics of the lessons are available in pdf and must be requested in the library. Any additions and / or updates to the program are made by the teacher during the course.

- Official Mapping: history - Unofficial Geological maps. - Base Geological Maps - Thematic Maps and Special Cards 2 - THE OFFICIAL MAPPING after CARG Project. 3 - TYPES OF GEOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES (stratigraphic and tectonic limits). 4 - GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF LINEAR AND TIMELY ELEMENTS - Conventional Symbols. 5 - STRATIGRAPHIC DISCONTINUITY - Recognition of different types of discontinuity surfaces. 6 – FOLDS - Types of folds and their identification on geological maps. 7 – FAULT - Types of faults and their interpretation on the geological maps. 8 - MAIN thrust. 9 - SECONDARY thrust. 10 - AGE OF STRUCTURES AND TIMES OF STRAIN. 11 - Tectonic structures and styles. 12 - READING AND INTERPRETATION OF GEOLOGICAL MAPS - Legend - Criteria for stratigraphic and tectono-stratigraphic structuring of the legend - Regional context of the geological maps. 13 – Compilation of geological sections at different scale.

B. Simpson: Lettura delle carte geologiche – Flaccovio Ed.

B.C.M. Butler e J.D. Bell: Lettura e interpretazione delle carte geologiche. Zanichelli Ed.