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Quaternary geology

Code: 63329
ECTS: 4.0
Lecturers in charge: izv. prof. dr. sc. Aleksandar Mezga
Take exam: Studomat
English level:

1,0,0

All teaching activities will be held in Croatian. However, foreign students in mixed groups will have the opportunity to attend additional office hours with the lecturer and teaching assistants in English to help master the course materials. Additionally, the lecturer will refer foreign students to the corresponding literature in English, as well as give them the possibility of taking the associated exams in English.
Load:

1. komponenta

Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 30
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
Description:
Quaternary stratigraphy. Research methods (field methods: study of outcrops, excavations), laboratory methods. Dating methods (radiometric, paleo(thermo) luminescence, paleomagnetism). Quaternary paleogeography, environments (glacial, proglacial, periglacial, non-glacial: fluvial, lacustrine, marsh, Aeolian, cave) and facies. Glaciation models, causes of glaciations, glaciated areas (continental, marine). Deglaciation models, glacioisostatic rebound, eustacy. Quaternary flora and fauna (continental, marine, cave).
Literature:
  1. Dating Quaternary Sediments, EASTERBROOK, D. J. 1988. Dating Quaternary Sediments. Geol.Soc.Am.Spec.Publ., 227 str., EASTERBROOK, D. J., Geol.Soc.Am.Spec.Publ., 1988.
  2. EHLERS, J. & GIBBARD, P.L. 2004. Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology. Development in Quaternary Science, vol. 1-5, Elsevier., EHLERS, J. & GIBBARD, P.L. 2004. Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology. Development in Quaternary Science, vol. 1-5, Elsevier., EHLERS, J. & GIBBARD, P.L., Development in Quaternary Science, 2004.
  3. The Complete Ice Age, FAGAN, B. 2009. The Complete Ice Age. Thames & Hudson, London, 240 str., FAGAN, B. 2009., Thames & Hudson, London, 2009.
  4. Reconstructing Quaternary Environments, LOWE, J. & WALKER, M. 1997. Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. Prentice Hall, London, 472 str., LOWE, J. & WALKER, M., Prentice Hall, London, 1997.
  5. Modern and Past Glacial Environments, MENZIES, J. 2002. Modern and Past Glacial Environments. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 576 str., MENZIES, J., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2002.
  6. The Pleistocene: Geology and Life in the Quaternary Ice Age, NILSSON, T. 1983. The Pleistocene: Geology and Life in the Quaternary Ice Age. Springer Verlag, Stuttgart, 651 str., NILSSON, T. 1983, Springer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1983.
  7. Tumači listova Osnovne Geološke Karte SFRJ, Tumači listova Osnovne Geološke Karte SFRJ.
Prerequisit for:
Enrollment :
Attended : Historical geology II
Attended : Sedimentary petrology
6. semester
Izborni kolegiji - Regular study - Geology
Consultations schedule: