Dates: 25-26 May, 2024
Duration: two days. Departure and arrival both in Florence
Attendance Fee: € 500,00
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Tour Leader: Alessandro Buscaroli
Field trip goals: Observation of coastal soils in a context strongly characterized by subsidence; salt water intrusion and hydromorphic soils; agrarian systems, natural dune systems and wetlands
Destination: Ravenna and San Vitale Pinewood
Soil-related topics: Hydrology, botany, geology, geochemistry
Other multidisciplinary topics: Integrated coastal zone management, exploitation of subsoil resources (gas, aquifers), eco-sustainable tourism, metal pollution by agriculture and industry, climate change (extreme events, global warming, subsidence)
Socio-cultural themes: Stop in Ravenna city, capital of the Western Roman Empire in 402 AD and famous worldwide for its mosaics. From 540 AD onwards, Ravenna was part of the Byzantine Empire as capital of the Exarchate of Italy.