KOTSAKIS ANASTASSIOS
(syllabus)
RECENT BIOMES. SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS. PRINCIPLES OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY AND PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY. PRINCIPAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CLIMATE. EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. GREENHOUSE AND ICEHOUSE. THE “PRECAMBRIAN”. ENVIRONMENTS AND CLIMATES OF THE PALEOZOIC. ENVIRONMENTS AND CLIMATES OF THE MESOZOIC. THE GREAT BIOLOGICAL CRISES IN RELATION TO CHANGES IN CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS. THE TERTIARY. CLIMATE MODIFICATIONS DURING THE TERTIARY. THE ANTARCTIC GLACIATIONS. THE QUATERNARY. PLEISTOCENE CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS. HOLOCENE CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS. THE 8.2 KA EVENT AND THE “LITTLE ICE AGE”. CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGES. THE EVOLUTION OF MAN IN HIS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
(reference books)
ANDERSON D.E., GOUDIE A.S. & PARKER A.G. (2013) – GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH THE QUATERNARY. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2ND EDITION. GORNITZ V. (ED.)(2009) – ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PALEOCLIMATOLOGY AND ANCIENT ENVIRONMENTS. SPRINGER (REFERENCE BOOK). SELDEN P. & NUDDS J. (2012) – EVOLUTION OF FOSSIL ECOSYSTEMS. MANSON PUBLISHING, 2ND EDITION. STANLEY S.M. (2015) – EARTH SYSTEM HISTORY. FREEMAN & CO, 4TH EDITION.
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