Sedimentary successions and their natural resources for the energy transition
A.A. 2022/2023
Obiettivi formativi
Deepening the concepts of sedimentary basins, types of sediments and sedimentary rocks, their physical properties and the factors controlling them.
Introducing concepts of stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy to correlate sedimentary successions.
Furnishing the skills to interpret the sedimentary record in terms of environments and climates of the past.
Introducing the tools to investigate the sedimentary rock geometries and properties in sub-surface exploration.
Presenting the different types of fluid resources exploitable from (or storable in) sedimentary successions. Discussing their origin, occurrence, environmental impacts and possible remediations
Introducing concepts of stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy to correlate sedimentary successions.
Furnishing the skills to interpret the sedimentary record in terms of environments and climates of the past.
Introducing the tools to investigate the sedimentary rock geometries and properties in sub-surface exploration.
Presenting the different types of fluid resources exploitable from (or storable in) sedimentary successions. Discussing their origin, occurrence, environmental impacts and possible remediations
Risultati apprendimento attesi
At the end of the course the students will have acquired the background knowledge on sedimentary rock successions (sedimentology, stratigraphy, chronostratigraphy) and how this knowledge may be applied to assess: 1) depositional environments and climates of the past; 2) physical properties of sedimentary rocks via direct and indirect methods; 3) their economically valuable resources and their storage potential to mitigate global warming.
Periodo: Secondo semestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
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Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Secondo semestre
Programma
A) Sediments, sedimentary rocks and sedimentary basins: basic rules that control the nature, composition and architecture of sedimentary successions, dominant types of sedimentary basins in different geodynamic settings and depositional systems. Indirect methods for subsurface geology investigations: basic principles of seismic interpretation of rock bodies.
B) Chronostratigraphy: the use of polarity reversals of the Earth's magnetic field for correlating and dating stratigraphic sequences. How to construct meaningful (deterministic) age models of deposition by integrating magnetochronology, cyclostrstigraphy, and numerical dating.
C) Climate of the past: paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental proxies recorded in sedimentary rocks, analyses of the processes controlling climate changes in Earth history.
D) Physical properties of sediments and sedimentary rocks: concepts of porosity and permeability, and identification of the major governing factors.
Resources exploration, assessment, and exploitation in sedimentary successions: processes that control the distribution of socially and economically valuable fluids in sediments and sedimentary rocks. Water systems in the shallow subsurface. Deep and shallow geothermal reservoirs in sedimentary basins. Hydrocarbon systems (source, reservoir, cap, trap rocks).
E) Sustainability of resources exploitation in sedimentary basins and energy transition. CO2, methane, and waste storage in sedimentary successions.
B) Chronostratigraphy: the use of polarity reversals of the Earth's magnetic field for correlating and dating stratigraphic sequences. How to construct meaningful (deterministic) age models of deposition by integrating magnetochronology, cyclostrstigraphy, and numerical dating.
C) Climate of the past: paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental proxies recorded in sedimentary rocks, analyses of the processes controlling climate changes in Earth history.
D) Physical properties of sediments and sedimentary rocks: concepts of porosity and permeability, and identification of the major governing factors.
Resources exploration, assessment, and exploitation in sedimentary successions: processes that control the distribution of socially and economically valuable fluids in sediments and sedimentary rocks. Water systems in the shallow subsurface. Deep and shallow geothermal reservoirs in sedimentary basins. Hydrocarbon systems (source, reservoir, cap, trap rocks).
E) Sustainability of resources exploitation in sedimentary basins and energy transition. CO2, methane, and waste storage in sedimentary successions.
Prerequisiti
Vedi manifesto 22/23
Metodi didattici
Lezioni frontali (8 CFU)
Materiale di riferimento
· Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (2009). Nichols, G. Second Edition. Wiley-Blackwell. Disponibile in biblioteca.
· Sedimentary basins, evolution, facies and sediment budget (2000). Einsele, G. Second Edition, Springer. Disponibile in biblioteca.
· Paleoclimatology (2021). Ramstein, G., Landais, A., Bouttes, N., Sepulchre, P., Govin, A. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Springer
· Elements of Petroleum Geology (2015). Selley, R.C., Sonnenberg, S.A. Third Edition. Elsevier. Disponibile in biblioteca.
· Materiale didattico fornito durante il corso. Disponibile su Ariel.
· Sedimentary basins, evolution, facies and sediment budget (2000). Einsele, G. Second Edition, Springer. Disponibile in biblioteca.
· Paleoclimatology (2021). Ramstein, G., Landais, A., Bouttes, N., Sepulchre, P., Govin, A. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Springer
· Elements of Petroleum Geology (2015). Selley, R.C., Sonnenberg, S.A. Third Edition. Elsevier. Disponibile in biblioteca.
· Materiale didattico fornito durante il corso. Disponibile su Ariel.
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
L'esame finale consisterà in una prova scritta (2 ore)
GEO/02 - GEOLOGIA STRATIGRAFICA E SEDIMENTOLOGICA - CFU: 8
Lezioni: 64 ore
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