HISTORIC GEOLOGY
cod. 06271

Academic year 2009/10
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geologia stratigrafica e sedimentologica (GEO/02)
Field
Ambito geologico-paleontologico
Type of training activity
Characterising
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Aim of the course: to give the student a general outline of the succession of the main geodynamic, paleoclimatological and paleobiological event of the Earth, from its formation to the present.

Prerequisites

Required qualification: to have attended Paleontology and Introductory Geology

Course unit content

 Contents of the course: <br />
1-Precambrian; <br />
2-Paleozoic; <br />
3-Triassic and Giurassic; <br />
4-Cretaceous; <br />
5-Paleogene; <br />
6-Neogene

Full programme

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Bibliography

References:<br />
Stanley S.M. (1999): Earth and life through time<br />
CD with PDF text available

Teaching methods

Teaching methodologies: spoken lessons<br />
Examination methodologies:  written essay

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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