GEOLOGICAL CARTOGRAPHY WITH LABORATORY

The objective of teaching, to be held in the classroom under the guidance of the teacher, is to perform geological profiles at different scales and in the reading and interpretation of geological maps concerning various sectors that make up the Apennine-Maghrebian orogen.

- 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.