DELLA PORTA GIOVANNA PAOLA

Giovanna Paola Della Porta

Curriculum Vitae e delle Attività Scientifiche e Didattiche
E-mail giovanna.dellaporta@unimi.it
Recapito telefonico corrente +390250315520

Titoli di studio
Luglio 2007 Diploma di adempimento del corso PCUTL (Postgraduate Certificate for University learning and Teaching) per la preparazione didattica e pedagogica all’insegnamento nell’Universita’.
20 Novembre 2003 Dottore di Ricerca in Scienze Geologiche
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (Paesi Bassi), indirizzo Sedimentologia dei Carbonati
Tesi: “Depositional anatomy of a Carboniferous high-rising carbonate platform (Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain)
Relatori: Prof. W. Schlager, Dr. J.A.M. Kenter
Giudizio finale della Commissione: non previsto
23 Ottobre 1998 Laurea in Scienze Geologiche
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Tesi: Evoluzione stratigrafica della Maiella nord-occidentale dal Maastrichtian superiore al Messiniano inferiore
Relatori: prof. E. Patacca, P. Scandone
Voto finale: 110/110 e lode
Luglio 1991 Diploma di scuola superiore (maturità scientifica) – Liceo Scientifico “U.Dini” – Pisa.
Voto finale: 58/60

Lingue straniere
Inglese letto, parlato e scritto ottimo
Tedesco letto, parlato e scritto buono
Spagnolo letto, parlato e scritto sufficiente
Olandese letto e parlato di base

Conoscenze informatiche
Buona conoscenza dei sistemi operativi Windows XP, Vista e dei principali pacchetti applicativi in tali ambienti (Word, Excel).
Buona conoscenza dei programmi di grafica Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, Canvas, Adobe Photoshop
Conoscenza di base dei sistemi Unix and Linux
Buona conoscenza di programmi di modellizzazione stratigrafica di sistemi carbonatici STRATA, Carbonate 3D

Attività scientifiche e didattiche
Dal 19/12/2008 Ricercatore non confermato GEO/02 Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”
Agosto 2005 – Dicembre 2008 Lecturer in Basin Analysis (con obblighi di insegnamento e ricerca a tempo determinato, 4 anni), School of Earth and Ocean, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Galles, Gran Bretagna
• Impegno didattico: Corso di Laurea in Scienze Geologiche
a. Insegnamenti: “Sedimentary Petrogenesis and Stratigraphy” (20 ore); “Petroleum Geology and Basin Analysis” (20 ore); Advanced Sedimentology (10 ore).
b. Escursioni Geologiche didattiche: “Dorset and Devon Wessex Basin Stratigraphy” (5 giorni); Escursione Geologica e Rilevamento “ Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain” (12 giorni).
c. Tutorati: gruppi di 5-7 studenti del primo, secondo e terzo anno con incontri bisettimanali di un’ora.
d. Co-Relatore con Prof. V. Paul Wright di tesi di dottorato per 4 studenti di PhD; tematiche sedimentologia, diagenesi e modellizzazione di sistemi carbonatici
• Gruppo di Ricerca in Sedimentologia dei Carbonati: composto da Prof. V. Paul Wright, da 4 studenti di Ph. D. (dottorandi)
• Principale progetto di ricerca “A GIS-based digital outcrop model integrating depositional anatomy and lithofacies of a continuously exposed Lower Jurassic carbonate platform: Djebel Bou Dahar (High Atlas, Morocco)” associate ad un post-dottorando (assegno di ricerca finanziato da Chevron ETC; Febbraio 2006-Agosto 2007).
Febbraio 2004-Luglio 2005 Posizione con contratto a tempo determinato (5 anni) come ‘Wissenchaftler mitarbeiter’ (con obblighi di insegnamento e ricerca) nel gruppo di ricerca di Sedimentologia Prof. Maria Mutti presso l’Universita’ di Potsdam (Germania).
• Impegno didattico: Corso di Laurea in Scienze Geologiche
a. Insegnamenti: assistenza ai corsi di Sedimentologia I, II, III (4 ore la settimana per 15 settimane per semestre); corso di Microfacies dei Carbonati (20 ore)
b. Responsabile del laboratorio di sedimentologia; assistenza a dottorandi
Gruppo di Ricerca in Sedimentologia dei Carbonati: composto da Prof. Maria Mutti, da 3 studenti di Ph. D. (dottorandi)

Settembre-Dicembre 2003 Assistente docente (contratto per 4 mesi) presso la Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (Olanda)

• Impegno didattico: Corso di Laurea in Scienze Geologiche
a. Insegnamenti: “Sedimentary Systems through time and space” (24 ore).
b. Escursioni Geologiche didattiche: Rilevamento Geologico Ardenne, Belgio (7 giorni).

Maggio 1999–Maggio 2003 Dottorando in Scienze Geologiche press oil gruppo di Sedimentologia dei carbonate (Prof. Wolfgang Schlager), Vrije Universiteit, Amesterdam, Olanda
Titolo del progetto: Depositional anatomy of a Carboniferous high-rising carbonate platform (Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain)

Finaziamenti per la ricerca percepiti e Premi
Assegno di ricerca conferito da Chevron Energy technology Company (ETC) £ 73.000 (102.000 Euro) come finanziamento di un post-dottorato per il progetto di ricerca “A GIS-based digital outcrop model integrating depositional anatomy and lithofacies of a continuously exposed Lower Jurassic carbonate platform: Djebel Bou Dahar (High Atlas, Morocco)”
Best Poster Presentation; Carboniferous Conference “From Platform to Basin” Conference SEPM-CES, Colonia, Germania 4-10/09/06.
Titolo del lavoro presentato : High-relief platforms vs. Ramps: influence of palaeoceanography on microbial production, abiotic precipitation and depositional system geometry.” Giovanna Della Porta, Jeroen A. M. Kenter and V. Paul Wright

SEPM Student Poster Award AAPG Annual Convention; Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., 10-14/05/03.
Titolo del lavoro presentato: Depositional Architectures and Lithofacies of a Pennsylvanian High-rising Carbonate Platform (Sierra del Cuera, Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain)” Giovanna Della Porta, Jeroen A.M. Kenter, Juan R. Bahamonde, and Klaas Verwer.
Pubblicazioni ed altre attività scientifiche
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M. and Bahamonde, J.R., 2002. Microfacies and paleoenvironment of Donezella accumulations across an Upper Carboniferous high-rising carbonate platform (Asturias, NW Spain). Facies, 46: 159-168.

Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., Immenhauser, A. and Bahamonde, J.R., 2002. Lithofacies character and architecture across a Pennsylvanian inner-platform transect (Sierra de Cuera, Asturias, Spain). Journal of Sedimentary Research, 72: 898-916.

Della Porta, G., 2003. Depositional anatomy of a Carboniferous high-rising carbonate platform (Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain). Published Ph.D. Thesis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 250 p.

Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., Bahamonde, J.R., Immenhauser, A. and Villa, E., 2003. Microbial boundstone dominated carbonate slope (Upper Carboniferous, N Spain): microfacies, lithofacies distribution and stratal geometry. Facies, 49: 175-208.

Immenhauser, A., Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M. and Bahamonde, J.R., 2003. An alternative model for positive shifts in shallow marine carbonate δ13C and δ18O. Sedimentology, 50: 953-960.

Bahamonde, J.R., Kenter, J.A.M., Della Porta, G., Keim, L., Immenhauser, A. and Reijmer, J.J.G., 2004. Lithofacies and depositional processes on a high, steep-margined Carboniferous (Bashkirian–Moscovian) carbonate platform slope, Sierra del Cuera, NW Spain. Sedimentary Geology, 166: 145-156.

Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M. and Bahamonde, J.R., 2004. Depositional facies and stratal geometry of an Upper Carboniferous prograding and aggrading high-relief carbonate platform (Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain). Sedimentology, 51: 267-295.

Verwer, K., Kenter, J.A.M., Maathuis, B. and Della Porta, G., 2004. Stratal patterns and lithofacies of an intact seismic-scale Carboniferous carbonate platform (Asturias, NW Spain): A virtual outcrop model. In: A. Curtis and R. Wood (Editors), Geological Prior Information: Informing Science and Engineering. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 239, 29-41.

Della Porta, G., Villa, E. and Kenter, J.A.M., 2005. Facies distribution of Fusulinina in a Bashkirian-Moscovian carbonate-platform top (Cantabrian Mts., NW Spain). Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 35: 1-24.

Kenter, J.A.M., Harris, P.M., and Della Porta, G. 2005. Steep microbial boundstone-dominated platform margins – examples and implications. Sedimentary Geology, 178: 5-30.

Della Porta, G., Mamet, B. and Préat, A., 2007. Bacterial mediation in the formation of red limestones, Upper Carboniferous, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain. Proceedings of the XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 10-16 August 2003. Wong, Th.E. (ed.) Royal Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences, (KNAW, Amsterdam), 243-250.

Verwer, K., Della Porta, G., Merino-Tome’ O. and Kenter, J.A.M. (in press) Controls and predictability of carbonate facies architecture in a lower Jurassic 3D barrier shoal complex (Djbel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco). Sedimentology.

Verwer, K., Merino-Tome’ O., Kenter, J.A.M. and Della Porta, G. (in press) Evolution of a high-relief carbonate platform slope using 3D digital outcrop model: lower Jurassic Djebel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco. Journal of Sedimentary Research.

Bahamonde, J.R., Kenter, J.A.M., Della Porta, G. and Hoeflaken, F. (submitted) Facies belt of a Carboniferous carbonate platform (San Antolin-La Huelga section, NE Cantabrian Zone). Trabajos de Geologia.

Merino-Tomé, O., Della Porta, G. et al,. (in prep) "Development, evolution and drowning of a high rising Jurassic carbonate platform in a rift basin: the Djebel Bou Dahar (High Atlas, Morocco to be submitted to Journal of Sedimentary Research
Peer Review Reviewer per le riviste scientifiche Sedimentology, Sedimentary Geology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, Journal of Sedimentary Research, SEPM

Leader di Escursioni geologiche guidate
25/04-01/05/2001 Escursione organizzata per TCO/TengizChevroil, Kazakhstan:
“Carboniferous and Devonian carbonate platform outcrops in Asturias: contrast-comparison of anatomy and lithofacies between Tengiz/Korolev (Pricaspian Basin, Kazakhstan) and outcrop analogs in Asturias (Spain)”
Leaders: Jeroen A.M. Kenter, Giovanna Della Porta, Juan R. Bahamonde.
16-20/09/03 Escursione pre-conferenza the AAPG International Conference, Barcellona, Spagna 21-24/09/03:
“Carboniferous carbonate platform outcrop in Asturias: Precaspian basin carbonate analogs in the Pennsylvanian of Northern Spain (Cantabrian Mountains)”.
Leaders: Jeroen A.M. Kenter, Giovanna Della Porta, Juan R. Bahamonde.
5-10/09/05 Escursione organizzata per Anadarko Petroleum Corporation:
“Carboniferous carbonate platform outcrop in Asturias: Precaspian basin carbonate analogues in the Pennsylvanian of Northern Spain (Cantabrian Mountains)”.
Leaders: Jeroen A.M. Kenter, Giovanna Della Porta, Klaas Verwer
16-22/09/2007 Escursione organizzata per BG Group, ENI, Chevron ETC (Karachaganack Team) “Carboniferous carbonate platform outcrop in Asturias: Precaspian basin carbonate analogs”.
Leaders Giovanna Della Porta, Juan Bahamonde.

Professional Memberships
Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
American Association of Petroleum Geology (AAPG)
Geological Society of America (GSA)
International Association of Sedimentology (IAS)
Cushman Foundation (Journal of foraminiferal research)
Societa’ Geologica Italiana
Partecipazione a seminari e workshops
11-17/06/2006 AAPG Workshop su “Quaternary carbonates of South Florida and the Bahamas (Andros Island)” in collaborazione con University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS)”. Leader: Profs. Mitch Harris, Gregor Eberli.
7-17/10/2001 Workshop su “Quaternary carbonates of South Florida and the Bahamas (Andros Island)” sponsorizzato da International Association of Sedimentologists in collaborazione con “The Ocean research and Education foundation” e University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS)”. Leader: Prof. Robert Ginsburg.
2-7/09/2000 “International Workshop Palaeoceanography of carbonate mud mounds” IGCP 380 Biosedimentology of microbial buildups organized by Dr. Fritz Neuweiler and Frederic Boulvain, Universite’ de Liege, Belgium.





Presentazioni a Congressi (dal 1999)
15-17/09/08, Sassari, Italia 84th Congresso della Societa’ Geologica Italiana
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M. and P.M. Harris 2008 - Late Palaeozoic carbonate platform margins dominated by microbial cement-rich boundstone.
Rendiconti online Societa' Geologica Italiana, Riassunti del 84 congresso della Societa' geologica Italiana, v. 3/1, 318-319

84th Congresso della Societa’ Geologica Italiana
Della Porta, G., Merino-Tome’, O., Kenter, J.A.M. and Verwer, K. - Lower Jurassic sponge-microbial mounds and reefs in the Djebel Bou Dahar ramp to high-relief platform (High Atlas, Morocco).
Rendiconti online Societa' Geologica Italiana, Riassunti del 84° congresso della Societa' geologica Italiana, v. 3/1, 320-321
6-14/08/08, Oslo, Norvegia 33rd IGC (International Geological Congress)
Kabanov, P., Della Porta, G. and Beavington-Penney, S. - A thick Serpukhovian boundstone section in the South Urals and Carboniferous platform-slope bioconstructions of Paleotethys.
22-28/06/08, Kilkee, Irlanda SEPM Research Conference “Outcrop Revitalized: tools, techniques and applications”
Merino-Tomé, O., Verwer, K., Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., Harris, M.P., Adams, E. - Digital outcrop modeling of a high relief Jurassic carbonate platform: the Djebel Bou Dahar (High Atlas, Morocco).
20-22/04/08, San Antonio, TX, USA AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition
Verwer, K., Merino-Tomé, O., Kenter, J.A.M., Della Porta, G., Adams, E., and Harris P. M. - High-Resolution Spatial Models of a High relief Carbonate Platform Slope (Early Jurassic, Djebel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco).
28-31/10/07, Marrakech, Marocco First International Convention Moroccan Association of Petroleum Geologists (MAPG)
Merino, O., Della Porta, G., Kenter, J. A. M., Verwer, K., Harris M., and Adams, E. - Evolution of Stratal Anatomy and Depositional Patterns in a Lower Jurassic Isolated Carbonate Platform Captured by GIS (Djebel Bou Dahar, Southern High Atlas, Morocco).
Verwer, K., Merino, O., Della Porta, G., Kenter, J. A. M., Playton, T., Adams, E and Harris M. - High Resolution Spatial Models of a Carbonate Platform Margin (Early Jurassic, Djebel Bou Dahar, Southern High Atlas, Morocco).

16-18/07/07, Norwich, Gran Bretagna 13th Bathurst Meeting of Carbonate Sedimentologists
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M, and Harris, P.M. “Late Palaeozoic platform margins dominated by microbial cement-rich boundstone: revising the carbonate factory-depth paradigm”

Merino-Tomé, O., Della Porta, G., Kenter J.A.M., Verwer, K., Playton T., van Lanen, X., Adams, E., Harris, M., Corrochano, D., Lilly, R., Canto Toimil, N., Navarro Molina, V., Bahamonde, J., Pierre, A. (2007): Development, evolution and drowning of a high rising Jurassic carbonate platform in a rift basin: the Djebel Bou Dahar (High Atlas, Morocco).
1-4/04/07, Longbeach, CA, USA
AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Speaker invitato nella sessione SEPM Symposium “Shifting Paradigms in Carbonate Sedimentology”
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M, and Harris, P.M. “Non-actualistic Carbonate Deposystems: Revising The Carbonate Factory-Depth Paradigm”

Verwer, K., Merino O., Della Porta, G., Kenter, J. A. M., Playton, T., Adams, E., Harris, M. Stratal and Facies Anatomy of a Lower Jurassic High-Rising Carbonate Platform Margin (Jebel Bou Dhar, High Atlas, Morocco).
10-11/01/07, Manchester, Gran Bretagna Meeting Geological Society of London “From outcrop to asset: recent advances in digital outcrop data collection and modelling techniques”
Verwer K., Kenter J. A. M., Della Porta G., Merino-Tomé O., Adams E. W., Playton, T., van Lanen X. (2007): Stratal and Facies Anatomy of a Lower Jurassic High-rising Carbonate Platform (Jebel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco).

Della Porta, G., Verwer, K. And Kenter, J.A.M. (2007): Depositional architecture and lithofacies of a Pennsylvanian high-rising carbonate platform (Sierra del Cuera, Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain)
19-20/04/06, Londra, Gran Bretagna Meeting Geological Society London, Burlington House, “Petroleum Systems of Saharan Africa”
G. Della Porta, K. Verwer, J. A. M. Kenter, E. Adams and O. Merino-Tomé. “Semi-quantitative analysis of platform interior facies mosaic (Lower Jurassic, Jbel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco)”
30/04-03/05/06, Mallorca, Spain AAPG Conference “Architecture of carbonate systems through time”.
G. Della Porta, J. Kenter, K. Verwer, O. Merino Tome and E. Adams. “Semi-quantitative Sub- to Peritidal Facies Mosaic of a Lower Jurassic Platform Interior (Jbel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco)”.
Aprile 2006, Houston, TX, USA AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition
Adams E. W., Verwer K., Kenter J. A. M., Lanen X., Della Porta G., Playton, T., and Hollis C.: Stratal and facies anatomy of a Lower Jurassic High-Rising Carbonate Platform (Jebel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco).

Verwer K., Kenter J. A. M., Adams E. W., Della Porta G., and Merino-Tomé O. (2006): Stratal and Facies Anatomy of a Lower Jurassic High-rising Carbonate Platform (Jebel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco), Part 1: Digital Outcrop Model.
4-10/09/06, Colonia, Germania Carboniferous Carbonate Conference “From Platform to Basin”, SEPM-CES
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., and Wright, V.P. “High-relief platforms vs. Ramps: influence of palaeoceanography on microbial production, abiotic precipitation and depositional system geometry”.
18-20/12/05, Durham, Gran Bretagna Annual meeting BSRG
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., and Wright, V.P. “High-relief platforms vs. ramps: influence of palaeoceanography on microbial production and depositional system geometry
20-28/08/04, Firenze, Italia 32nd International Geological Congress
Della Porta G., Warrlich G. and Kenter J.A.M. “Investigating controls on Carboniferous high-relief carbonate platform margin (Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain) using a forward stratigraphic modeling program (Carbonate 3D)”
April 2004, Dallas, TX, USA AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition
Kenter, J.A.M., Harris, P.M., Della Porta, G., Fischer, D., and Weber, L.J. “Microbial and cement boundstone dominated flanks (and reservoirs) of an isolated carbonate platform”;
2-4/06/04, Aachen, Germania Meeting Sediment 2004
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., and Bahamonde, J.R. “Facies and depositional architecture of an Upper Carboniferous high-relief carbonate platform margin (Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain)”.
10-14/05/03, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. SEPM Student Poster Award at AAPG Annual Convention
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., Bahamonde, J.R. and Verwer, K. “Depositional Architectures and Lithofacies of a Pennsylvanian High-rising Carbonate Platform (Sierra del Cuera, Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain)”
10-16/08/03, Utrecht, Paesi Bassi XVth International Conference on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy
Della Porta, G., Mamet, B. and Préat, A. (2003) “Bacterial mediation in the formation of red limestones, Upper Carboniferous, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain”
10-13/03/02, Houston, TX, U.S.A. AAPG Annual Convention
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M., and Bahamonde, J.R. “Prograding vs. Aggrading Slope to Platform Transitions in a Steep and High Relief Carbonate Platform Margin (Pennsylvanian, northern Spain)”
November 2001, Boston, U.S.A. GSA Annual Meeting
Kenter, J.A.M., Della Porta, G., Adams, E. W. and Bahamonde, J.R. “Depositional Carbonate Slopes: many questions and few answers”.
16-19/04/00, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. AAPG/SEPM Joint Annual Meeting
Kenter, J.A.M., Immenhauser, A., Della Porta, G., and Spillekom I. “Contrast-comparison of Pennsylvanian platform cycles in the Pricaspian subsurface (Tengiz) with outcrop analogs from N Spain”

13-15/09/00, Dublino, Irlanda IAS 20th Regional Meeting
Della Porta, G., Kenter, J.A.M, Bahamonde, J.R. and Immenhauser, A.. “Relationship between carbonate mud, early marine cement and slope angle in a Pennsylvanian platform margin (Sierra de Cuera, Asturias, Spain)”
15-16/05/00, El Paso, TX, U.S.A. Permo-Carboniferous Carbonate Platforms and Reefs SEPM/IAS Research Conference
Kenter, J.A.M., Della Porta, G., Immenhauser, A. and Bahamonde, J.R. “Anatomy and lithofacies distribution across a Pennsylvanian inner platform transect (Sra. de Cuera, Asturias, Spain)”

Rapporti per l’Industria
Febbraio 2007 Preparato per Chevron ETC, San Ramon, California
Óscar A. Merino-Tomé and Giovanna Della Porta (Cardiff University, UK)
A GIS-based digital outcrop model integrating depositional anatomy and lithofacies of a continuously exposed Lower Jurassic carbonate platform: Djebel Bou Dahar (High Atlas, Morocco): Phase II

Dicembre 2002 Preparato per TotalFinaElf, Francia
Jeroen A.M. Kenter, Klaas Verwer, and Giovanna Della Porta
“Stratal patterns and lithofacies of an intact, seismic-scale Carboniferous carbonate platform (Asturias, NW Spain): a 3D GIS Model”

Gennaio 2001 Preparato per TCO/ Tengizchevroil, Kazakhstan
Jeroen A.M. Kenter, Giovanna Della Porta, Juan R. Bahamonde, and Adrian Immenhauser
“Anatomy and lithofacies distribution across a Pennsylvanian outer platform transect (Sra. de Cuera, Asturias, Spain)”
Gennaio 2000 Preparato per TCO/ Tengizchevroil, Kazakhstan
Jeroen A.M. Kenter, Adrian Immenhauser, Giovanna Della Porta, and Juan R. Bahamonde
“Anatomy and Lithofacies distribution across a Pennsylvanian Inner Platform Transect (Sra. de Cuera, Asturias, Spain).,