Sciences and Teaching of Natural Systems

Activity type

Discipline di Scienze della Terra

SSD

GEO/01

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

6

Hours distribution

40 classroom hours, 20 others hours

Lecturers

RAFFAELE SARDELLA
LAURA CELESTI
SUSANA MARTINS ALVES
MICHELA PACIFICI
CARLO RONDININI

Activity type

Discipline di Scienze della Terra

SSD

GEO/02

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

6

Hours distribution

40 classroom hours, 20 others hours

Lecturers

SIMONE FABBI
LAURA CELESTI
SUSANA MARTINS ALVES
MICHELA PACIFICI
CARLO RONDININI

Expected learning outcomes

Multidisciplinary approach to manage the different connections linking the diverse Earth Science topics related to the study of Quaternary.

Understanding the basic elements of climate and environmental change in the frame work of the recent natural history of the Earth.

Knowledge of the main events related to the Quaternary ecosystems in a multidisciplinary framework

First level degree and/or equivalent skills in natural sciences, geology and biology

Historical background; Pleistocene "Cold and warm guests" in the Mediterranean Sea; Dispersal events and climate change during the Quaternary; Paleobiogeography; Biochronology: Mammal Ages and Faunal Units; Mediterranean endemic faunas; Case studies.

Materiali didattici forniti dal docente; R. Sardella L'era glaciale, il Mulino; Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences

Module: QUATERNARY GEOLOGY
N/D
Module: QUATERNARY PALEONTOLOGY
N/D

Frontal lessons

4 frontal lessons of 2 hours a week

Oral discussion

Fauna Unit definition

• Historical background (6 hours)


• Climate change and dispersal events during the Pleistocene ( 6 hours)


• Biochronology and biostratigraphy (4 hours)


• Mammal Ages and Faunal Units (20 hours)


• Mediterranean Insular faunas (4 hours)


• Case studies (10 hours)