Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : ER5248 : Quaternary Geology { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Sakthi Saravanan Chinnasamy
Syllabus
Definition, character and duration of Quaternary Quaternary geomorphology Quaternary time scale Quaternary climate - Sea level changes, glacial/interglacial cycles, tectonics-climate coupling, sea floor spreading, BLAG hypothesis, Uplift-weathering hypothesis, carbon reservoir, vegetation dynamics, migration history, response of vegetation to climatic reversals Quaternary Stratigraphy - oxygen isotope stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy Quaternary dating methods - Radiocarbon, Uranium series, Luminescence, Amino acid, Relative dating methods Proxy indicators of paleoenvironmental/paleoclimatic changes Quaternary Stratigraphy of India- continental records and marine records Geoarchaeology.
Course Objectives
- To learn basic and advanced concepts in Quaternary Geology
Course Outcomes
basic and advanced concepts in Quaternary Geology
Essential Reading
- 1. Bradley, F., Paleoclimatology:, Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary,, Springer. Verlag 2000.
- Maher and Thompson,, Quaternary Climates, Environments and Magnetism,, Cambridge University Press. 2000.
Supplementary Reading
- Williams, Durnkerley, Decker, Kershaw and Chhappell,, Quaternary Environments,, Wiley and Sons, 1998.
- William F., Ruddiman, Earth’s Climate: Past and future,, W. H. Freeman & Co Ltd., 1st edition, 2001.