Ecological disasters in Earth's history KZ-S-06-01-000030
Geological time table and the most important events in the history of litho- and biosphere (evolutionary innovations and radiations, mass extinctions). Catastrophism and actualism. Palaeobiological biodiversity. Event stratigraphy. Precambrian: the beginning of Life. Mesozoic: the greatest ecological disasters, Cenozoic: ice-age and ecological disasters. Six catastrophe. Global warming. Neocatastrophism.
(in Polish) Dyscyplina
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
K_W02_P7S_WG
K_W06_ P7S_WG
K_W08_ P7S_WG
K_W11_ P7S_WG
Skills
K_U01_ P7S_UW
K_U02_ C1_ P7S_UK
K_U06_ P7S_UW
Basics social competences
K_K01_P7S_KK
K_K02_ P7S_UK
K_K03_ P7S_UW
Assessment criteria
A. type of final valuation
• lecture: credit on a grade
B. form of testing
• lecture: theme essay
C. Basic criteria
theme essay should demonstrate the understanding of the subjects and wide possibility for the discussion, good skills of using literature and other scientific sources.
Bibliography
Literature
A. obligatory literature:
A.1. used during lectures and laboratory sessions
O.H. Walliser (Ed.), Global Events and Event
Stratigraphy in the Phanerozoic, 7-19, Springer; Berlin.
Raup, D. M. & Sepkoski, J. J. 1984. Periodic extinctions of families
and genera. Science, 231, 833-836.
A.2. lectures for self-study
Hallam, A. & Wignall, P. 1997. Mass extinctions and their
aftermath. 320p. Oxford University Press; Oxford – London.
scientific publications
B. additional literature
P. Ward. 2007. Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future. New York: Smithsonian Books/Collins.
Kauffman, E. G.; Erwin, D. H. 1995: Surviving mass extinctions.
Geotimes 14: 14–17.
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