Eventi, distinguished lectures e seminari

 

Il seminario si svolgerà in modalità blended martedì 29 Giugno, alle ore 9:30 nell'aula Geo 3 del DiSTAR e sulla piattaforma Teams:

codice Teams: xin40rg

 

 

Leonidas Stamatopulos (Department of Geology, University of Patras, Greece)

Abstract

The seminar illustrates the geomorphological, morphodynamic, and palaeoenvironmental aspects of two lagoons of Mediterranean-type climate, starting from the Plio-Pleistocene to the current. The coastland was affected by tectonic activity that exerted a morphological control on the marine process, dominated by sea waves. The lagoons formed gradually in three geoenvironmental phases: (1) a primitive open lagoon, (2) a partially closed one, and (3) finally, a modern closed lagoon with one or more inlets. During the last phase, morphological changes of these lagoons were mainly due to the gradual sediment filling or rapid floodings, as well as by anthropogenic interventions during the last centuries.

Short biosketch

Prof. Leonidas Stamatopulos qualified in Geology from the University of Naples, Italy. His Ph.D. thesis is entitled “Sedimentary environments and glacio-eustatic movements of Quaternary deposits between N. Manolada - Lachena, Hellas” carried out at the Department of Geology, University of Patras, Faculty of Science.

He teaches at the Department of Geology, University of Patras, Geomorphology, Applied Geomorphology, and Geological and Geomorphological Survey.

He researches coastal transition environments, particularly coastal lagoons, sea cliffs, and marine and fluvial terraces morphoevolution during the Quaternary.

He collaborates with the Universities of Naples Federico II (DiSTAR) and Parthenope, Bari, Roma Tre, Modena, Turin, Genoa (Depts. of Geology), as well as the University of Isernia, Bucharest Faculty of Geography-Geomorphology-Pedology-Geomatics Dept., UCAN Catholic University of Angola.

He is the author and co-author of over 100 publications in national and international journals, is co-author of 5 geological and geomorphological maps.