Research lines Geology of Oceanic Areas Mediterranean Areas

Research lines Geology of Oceanic Areas Mediterranean Areas Quaternary stratigraphy and Palaeoclimatology Marine & Coastal Environmental Geology Technological Development Director: Fabio Trincardi Section Head: Mariangela Ravaioli STAFF 27 Permanent Researchers; 7 Fixed-time Researchers 10 Technicians & Administration; 34 Under contract and training personnel

Geology of Oceanic Areas Mediterranean Areas A new set of oceanic transorms Bonatti et al, 2001 - Geology Temporal variations in the formation process of the oceanic crust

Geology of Oceanic Areas Mediterranean Areas (Gracia et al. . , Geology, 2003) Geological risk: Es. offshore Portugal

Geology of Oceanic Areas Quaternary Stratigraphy and Palaeoclimatology Continental Margins Submarine landslides (and geological risk) Deep Corals Mud volcanoes And fluid emission Mediterranean depositional systems : - olocenic deltas - canyon and turbiditic systems - conturitic deposits Eustatic variations

Geology of Oceanic Areas Quaternary Stratigraphy and Palaeoclimatology Recent landslides in Gela basin Landslides, submarine currents and deep ecosystems «Ancient» landslide swept by cascading currents on the southern Adriatic margin

Geology of Oceanic Areas Quaternary Stratigraphy and Palaeoclimatology Geologic Cartography scale 1: 250. 000

Geology of Oceanic Areas Quaternary Stratigraphy and Palaeoclimatology -0 m RESOURCES SEARCH & SUSTEINABILITY End of Glacial era 18000 Years ago -120 m

Marine & Coastal Environmental Geology Study of Italian seas and polar oceans Coastal, platform, deep, lake & lagoon areas Carbon cycle Key study areas

Marine & Coastal Environmental Geology Study of Italian seas and polar oceans Coastal, platform, deep, lake & lagoon areas Monitoring and modelling of Anoxia for the environmental management Ossigeno disciolto di fondo (mg/L) Anoxix zones in the North Adriatic

Marine & Coastal Environmental Geology Study of Italian seas and polar oceans Coastal, platform, deep, lake & lagoon areas Marine observation networks: Global change and biodiversity Measures along the water column and at the air-water-sediment interface, integrated with satellite observation Station E 1 Station S 1 Temperatura Salinità(blu) Ossigeno Fluorescenza

Ismar-Bologna study areas

Technological Development Present oceanic data bank Vannucci et al. (2004) CROP Anocsia Data bank. Banche Dati da Stazioni e Siti Fissi Data Base web-GIS HERMES project Cartographic Data Bank in Adriatic MOON: Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network

Technological Development Piston corer Automatic benthic camera SW corer