Field Excursion in Oman - Ground Penetrating Radar and Geomorphological investigations in coastal geoarchaeological contexts (region of Dhofar, Southern Oman)

The study area is the coastal plain of Salallah (Sothern Oman)

Deadline for presenting candidatures is November 06, 2019

Contact: Adriano Ribolini (adriano.ribolini@unipi.it)

The students’ participation is free of charge (UNIPI covers flights, overnights, meals)

Information and how to applicate in the docuement available here

Students’ activities in the field will consist in:

 i) GPR surveys (planning, data capture, data quality evaluation and basic processing) in archeological and coastal settings,

ii) Performing some shallow boreholes to calibrate GPR data and to retrieve stratigraphical features crucial for reconstructing the recent landscape evolution

iii) Learning procedures to analyses markers of sea level oscillation both on rocky and sediment coasts

The excursion is open to 14 students from more than one MScs (Geology, Geophysics, Environmental Sciences, Archaeology), and there is a selection.
Concerning students of the Msc in Exploration and Applied Geophysics, those enrolled to the second year will be preferred because they have been already exposed to the geophysical topics of the activity.
A “fruitful” participation to this activity will be awarded whit 1 CTS (students in Exploration and Applied Geophysics).