QUATERNARY GEOLOGY
Basic knowledge of geomorphology, lithology and climate and paleoclimate.
Oral exam evaluated in 30/30.
The main aims of the course are the recognition, description and understanding of the quaternary deposits and their paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental meaning.
The course is composed by 4 modules:
1) The deposits: what are and how we can describe them: sedimentology and stratigraphy elements of loose deposits. Main structures and and analyses methods:Lithostratigraphic; allostratigraphic,magnetostratigraphic,biostratigrafic, tefrostratigrafic, cronostratigrafic, climatostratigrafic units. Mammals biochronology.
2) Dating methods applied to Quaternary: 14C; Thermoluminescence, other methods.
3) The Quaternary; Chronology and main climatic events. Glaciations and interglacials. Sea level changes.
4) The Holocene: Chronology and main climatic events. Glacial fluctuations and sea level changes.
Geologia del Quaternario
L'evoluzione geologica degli ambienti superficiali
Autore: Francesco Carraro
Dario Flaccovio Editore 408 pagine Prima Edizione febbraio 2012 ISBN 9788857901107
Quaternary Geology and the Environment
Jean Riser
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Publication Date: 2001 ISBN 13: 9781852333201
Lectures (20 hours) and field lessons (12 hours mandatory). In laboratory deposits analyses (4 hours mandatory).