SUMMER SCHOOL

Summer School in “Mountain Geomorphology”

riservato come corso a scelta per studenti di LM in "Geologia e Territorio" e "Scienze e Gestione della Natura"

VENUES           Lectures: BiGeA, Via Zamboni, 67 – 40126 Bologna

                          Field activities: Sillaro River Valley (a 30-minute drive from Bologna)

Summer School in Mountain Geomorphology (1^st edition)

May 17-21, 2021

Schedule

MONDAY 17
09.15 – Sediment sources and budgets in mountain drainage basins (F. Brardinoni)
11:15 – Earth flows in the Northern Apennines (M. Berti –BiGeA UniBologna)
12:30 – Lunch break
14:00 – Measuringwater flow velocity(M. Filippini –BiGeAUniBologna)
14:30 – Surficial erosion and badlands (M. Rossi –CNR-IRPI Perugia)
15:30 – Sediment budgeting through sand provenance (G. Vezzoli –DISAT UniMilano-Bicocca)
16:15 – Introduction to the Sillaro River basin and historical channel changes (F. Brardinoni)
17:30 – Sediment dynamics in formerly glaciated streams (D. Reid–UBC Geography)

TUESDAY 18
08:15 – Field trip to the Sillaro monitoring site (departure from via Zamboni 67)
09:00 – Salt dilution demo in the field (M. Llena & S. Pittau –BiGeA UniBologna)
10:00 – Total station and DGPS demo (M. Llena & S. Pittau–BiGeA UniBologna)
11:00 – Bankfull level, pebble count and keystone demo (F. Brardinoni)
13:00 – Return to Bologna and lunch break
14:00 – Geomorphic Change Detection and groupwork (M. Llena)
15:30 – Introduction to field data collection and groupwork (F. Brardinoni)
17:30 – Channel stability and sediment transport–part 1 (M. Hassan, UBC Geography)

WEDNESDAY 19
08:00 - Field excursion in the Sillaro River basin and field data collection (part 1)
17:30 - Channel stability and sediment transport – part 2 (M. Hassan, UBC Geography)

THURSDAY 20
8:00 – Field data collection in the Sillaro River (part 2)

FRIDAY 21
9:00 – Group work: data analysis at BiGeA