Unit QUATERNARY GEOLOGY
- Course
- Biology
- Study-unit Code
- GP004078
- Curriculum
- Biodiversita' e gestione delle risorse naturali
- Teacher
- Angela Baldanza
- Teachers
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- Angela Baldanza
- Hours
- 42 ore - Angela Baldanza
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- GEO/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The italian Quaternary, the ice ages, climatic changes during the last My; the sea level fluctuations and related morphology. Marine and continental fauna. IS (isothopic stages); the lacustrine basins of Italy ; Stratigraphy and Magnetostratigraphy; The Faunal Mammal Units; Paleoflora and paleocarpological analysis. Biostratigraphy of marine and continental sequences.
- Reference texts
- Malatesta- Geologia e Paleobiologia del Quaternario;
Audiovisual materials and original scientific articles provided by teacher. - Educational objectives
- Knowledges on marine and continental Quaternary, with particular attention to the Mediterranean area and Italian regions.
- Prerequisites
- Fondaments of Geology and Paleontology.
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical lessons and practical training. Seminars, Field trip, Seminar lectures with audiovisual material
- Learning verification modality
- Preparation of a short paper, and a multimedia presentation on a topic of the course chosen by the student and agreed with the teacher. The examination lasting approximately thirty minutes
- Extended program
- The italian Quaternary, the ice ages, climatic changes during the last 2.5 My; the sea level fluctuations and related morphology. Marine and continental fauna. IS (isothopic stages); the lacustrine basins of Italy ; Stratigraphy and Magnetostratigraphy; The Faunal Mammal Units; Paleoflora and paleocarpological analysis. Biostratigraphy of marine and continental sequences.