The aim of the course is to provide students with in-depth knowledge of geological, stratigraphic and palaeontological issues relating to the last 2.5 million years of the Earth's history and in particular the most recent part of the Pleistocene (last 780,000 years), proposing multidisciplinary study approaches.
Curriculum
scheda docente
materiale didattico
History of the continental Plio-Quaternary stratigraphy. Causes of the Quaternary climatic changes. Astronomical theory of climate changes. Precessional ond obliquity cycles, 40 ka and 100 ka glacial and interglacial cycles. Gelasian and Pleistocene glaciations. The Middle Pleistocene Transition. Illustration of the most relevant glacial deposits on Alps and Apennines.
Plio-Quaternary biochronology based on large and small mammals, freshwater molluscs and non-marine ostracods. Pollen stratigraphy and climatic stratigraphy. Man and industry. Archaeogeological analyses. Examples of relevant continental quaternary records in central Italy: the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Roman Campaign; the intermontane basins in central Italy (Tiberino and l’Aquila basins).
Mutuazione: 20410624 Stratigrafia e paleoclima del quaternario in Geologia e Tutela dell'Ambiente LM-74 GLIOZZI ELSA
Programma
Historical definition of Quaternary: paleontological and climatic criteria. Historic excursus on the Plio-Quaternary chronostratigraphy. The Plio-Quaternary boundary. Ages and Stages of the marine Quaternary. GSSP and the most relevant Quaternary marine Italian successions. The Holocene and the ice cores. Historical palaeoclimatology during Holocene. The Anthropocene. The Anthropocene. The Plio-Pleistocene successions in the Rome surroundings. Quaternary isotopic stratigraphy. Sea-level oscillations during Quaternary: the eustatic curves.Quaternary magnetostratigraphy. Quaternary dating methods. Plio-Quaternary marine biostratigraphy: planktonic and benthonic foraminifers, calcareous nannofossils, marine molluscs and ostracods (concept of “northern” and “senegalese” guests).History of the continental Plio-Quaternary stratigraphy. Causes of the Quaternary climatic changes. Astronomical theory of climate changes. Precessional ond obliquity cycles, 40 ka and 100 ka glacial and interglacial cycles. Gelasian and Pleistocene glaciations. The Middle Pleistocene Transition. Illustration of the most relevant glacial deposits on Alps and Apennines.
Plio-Quaternary biochronology based on large and small mammals, freshwater molluscs and non-marine ostracods. Pollen stratigraphy and climatic stratigraphy. Man and industry. Archaeogeological analyses. Examples of relevant continental quaternary records in central Italy: the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Roman Campaign; the intermontane basins in central Italy (Tiberino and l’Aquila basins).
Testi Adottati
Pdf and copies of recent specialistic scientific publications given by the teacherModalità Frequenza
Frequency is mandatoryModalità Valutazione
The examination consists in an evaluation interview in order to assess the student acquired knowledge of the topics discussed during the lessons.
scheda docente
materiale didattico
History of the continental Plio-Quaternary stratigraphy. Causes of the Quaternary climatic changes. Astronomical theory of climate changes. Precessional ond obliquity cycles, 40 ka and 100 ka glacial and interglacial cycles. Gelasian and Pleistocene glaciations. The Middle Pleistocene Transition. Illustration of the most relevant glacial deposits on Alps and Apennines.
Plio-Quaternary biochronology based on large and small mammals, freshwater molluscs and non-marine ostracods. Pollen stratigraphy and climatic stratigraphy. Man and industry. Archaeogeological analyses. Examples of relevant continental quaternary records in central Italy: the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Roman Campaign; the intermontane basins in central Italy (Tiberino and l’Aquila basins).
Mutuazione: 20410624 Stratigrafia e paleoclima del quaternario in Geologia e Tutela dell'Ambiente LM-74 GLIOZZI ELSA
Programma
Historical definition of Quaternary: paleontological and climatic criteria. Historic excursus on the Plio-Quaternary chronostratigraphy. The Plio-Quaternary boundary. Ages and Stages of the marine Quaternary. GSSP and the most relevant Quaternary marine Italian successions. The Holocene and the ice cores. Historical palaeoclimatology during Holocene. The Anthropocene. The Anthropocene. The Plio-Pleistocene successions in the Rome surroundings. Quaternary isotopic stratigraphy. Sea-level oscillations during Quaternary: the eustatic curves.Quaternary magnetostratigraphy. Quaternary dating methods. Plio-Quaternary marine biostratigraphy: planktonic and benthonic foraminifers, calcareous nannofossils, marine molluscs and ostracods (concept of “northern” and “senegalese” guests).History of the continental Plio-Quaternary stratigraphy. Causes of the Quaternary climatic changes. Astronomical theory of climate changes. Precessional ond obliquity cycles, 40 ka and 100 ka glacial and interglacial cycles. Gelasian and Pleistocene glaciations. The Middle Pleistocene Transition. Illustration of the most relevant glacial deposits on Alps and Apennines.
Plio-Quaternary biochronology based on large and small mammals, freshwater molluscs and non-marine ostracods. Pollen stratigraphy and climatic stratigraphy. Man and industry. Archaeogeological analyses. Examples of relevant continental quaternary records in central Italy: the Plio-Quaternary deposits of the Roman Campaign; the intermontane basins in central Italy (Tiberino and l’Aquila basins).
Testi Adottati
Pdf and copies of recent specialistic scientific publications given by the teacherModalità Frequenza
Frequency is mandatoryModalità Valutazione
The examination consists in an evaluation interview in order to assess the student acquired knowledge of the topics discussed during the lessons.