Scheda programma d'esame
PALEONTOLOGIA E GEOLOGIA DEL QUATERNARIO
LUCA RAGAINI
Anno accademico2022/23
CdSCONSERVAZIONE ED EVOLUZIONE
Codice060DD
CFU6
PeriodoSecondo semestre
LinguaItaliano

ModuliSettore/iTipoOreDocente/i
PALEONTOLOGIA E GEOLOGIA DEL QUATERNARIOGEO/01LEZIONI56
LUCA RAGAINI unimap
Obiettivi di apprendimento
Learning outcomes
Modalità di verifica delle conoscenze

orale

Assessment criteria of knowledge

oral

Programma (contenuti dell'insegnamento)

-       L’evoluzione del concetto di Quaternario: dal “post-Pliocene” all’interpretazione attuale. Introduzione all'Antropocene

-  Stratigrafia isotopica, stratigrafia paleomagnetica, geocronologia e paleoclimatologia nello studio del Quaternario.

-         L’impatto delle glaciazioni nell’evoluzione degli ambienti quaternari.

-         Variazioni climatiche e variazioni del livello del mare.

-       Paleogeografia e bioeventi nel Bacino Mediterraneo dal Neogene all’Olocene.

-        Il significato di “ospiti nordici” e “ospiti caldi” nel contesto dell’evoluzione delle faune marine quaternarie del Bacino Mediterraneo.

-      Evoluzione delle associazioni faunistiche a mammiferi continentali nel Quaternario italiano.

-       Le faune insulari a mammiferi: concetti generali ed esempi nel Quaternario del Bacino Mediterraneo

Syllabus
  • Quaternary chronology and chronostratigraphy: from the Lyell’s “newer pliocene” to the recent interpretation. The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary: the official interpretation and new proposals. GSSP and Golden Spikes. The Quaternary tripartition. Pleistocene ages and stages: marine sequences vs continental sequences.

 Quaternary geochronology, isotopic stratigraphy, magnetic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy. The proxy data as archives for the reconstruction of the Quaternary climatic evolution. Cyclicity in climate and orbital control.

 The glaciations: potential trigger mechanims of the glacial events during the Neogene and the Quaternary. The traditional concept of glacial and interglacial periods. MPR as transitional period among preglacial and glacial Pleistocene. Consequences of the glaciations over the environment evolution.

 The Quaternary sea-level changes: their causes and relationships with tha climatic variability.

 Paleogeography and bioevents in the Mediterranean Basin: from the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition to the Holocene. The meaning of “boreal guest” and “warm guest” in the Pleistocene malacofaunas. Biochronology of the Pliocene-Pleistocene: the large mammal Faunal Units and the contribution of micromammals. The insular mammal faunas. The large mammal extinctions at the  Pleistocene-Holocene boundary

Bibliografia e materiale didattico

                                 Dispense e pubblicazioni fornite dal Docente

                                  Alcuni testi per eventuali approfondimenti:

Andersen B.G. et al. – 1994 – The Ice Age world. Scandinavian Univ. Press

Anderson D.E. et al – 2007 – Global environments through the Quaternary. OUP

Bowen D.Q. -1983 - Quaternary Geology, Pergamon Press.

Elias (ed.) - 2013– Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences (4 voll) Elsevier

Lowe J.J., Walker M.J.C. –2015 – Reconstructing Quaternary environments. Taylor & Francis

Mahaney W.C. (ed.) -1984 - Quatemary Dating Methods. Development. in Paleontology and Stratigraphy. n. 7. Elsevier.

Murray-Wallace C.V., Woodroffe C.D. - 2014 – Quaternary sea-level changes. Cambridge

Walker M. – 2005 – Quaternary dating methods. Wiley

Williams M. et al. – 1998 – Quaternary environments. Arnold Editor

Van der Gerr et al. – 2010 – Evolution of Island mammals. Wiley-Blackwell

Bibliography

Andersen B.G. et al. – 1994 – The Ice Age world. Scandinavian Univ. Press

Anderson D.E. et al – 2007 – Global environments through the Quaternary. OUP

Bowen D.Q. -1983 - Quaternary Geology, Pergamon Press.

Elias (ed.) - 2013– Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences (4 voll) Elsevier

Lowe J.J., Walker M.J.C. –2015 – Reconstructing Quaternary environments. Taylor & Francis

Mahaney W.C. (ed.) -1984 - Quatemary Dating Methods. Development. in Paleontology and Stratigraphy. n. 7. Elsevier.

Murray-Wallace C.V., Woodroffe C.D. - 2014 – Quaternary sea-level changes. Cambridge

Walker M. – 2005 – Quaternary dating methods. Wiley

Williams M. et al. – 1998 – Quaternary environments. Arnold Editor

Van der Gerr et al. – 2010 – Evolution of Island mammals. Wiley-Blackwell

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Assessment methods

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