1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Methods of historical geology. Formation of the atmosphere, sea, oceanic and continental crust. Structure of cratons and shields. The origin of life. Life in the Proterozoic. Proterozoic glaciations. Life in the Cambrian and Ordovician. Paleogeography of the Cambrian and Ordovician. Life in the Silurian and Devonian. Paleogeography of the Silurian and Devonian. Life in the Carboniferous and Permian. Paleogeography of the Carboniferous and Permian. Carboniferous and Permian sediment succession in the Dinarides. Life and paleogeography of the Triassic. Triassic sediment succession in the Dinarides. Life and paleogeography of the Jurassic. Jurassic sediment succession in the Dinarides. Life and paleogeography of the Cretaceous. Cretaceous sediment succession in the Dinarides. Life in the Paleogene and Neogene. Paleogeography and climate of the Paleogene and Neogene. Paleogene sediment succession in the Dinarides. Neogene sediment succession in the Paratethys region.

Learning outcomes: Understanding how the geological record can be used to interpret the history of the Earth; Understanding the main patterns of life development; Understanding climate patterns in the present and the geological past; Understanding how plate tectonics affects the evolution of continents and sedimentation; Getting to know the geological structure of the Republic of Croatia.

1. Bucković, D: 2006: E-Books: Historijska Geologija 1 i 2. Udžbenici Sveučilišta u Zagrebu - Manualia universitatis studiorum Zagrabiensis. http://gfz.hr/~buckovic/
2. Levin, Harold L. 1993: The Earth Through Time. Saunders College Publishing.
3. Cooper, John D; Miller, Richard H; Patterson J. 1990: A Trip Trough Time. Principles of Historical Geology. Merrill Publishing Company.
4. Wicander, R. & Monroe, James S. 2000: Historical Geology. Evolution of Earth and Life Trough Time. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning.
5. Herak, M. 1990: Geologija. Udžbenici Sveučilišta u Zagrebu - Manualia universitatis studiorum Zagrabiensis.
6. Stanley, S.M.1989: Earth and Life Through Time. W. H. Freeman and Co.

Izborni predmeti - Regular study - Environmental Sciences