Giovanni Muttoni - The State University of Milan
The material of this Stratigraphy and Paleogeography course is subject to ongoing updates and modifications. Students are therefore required to contact the course instructors before downloading or using the material, in order to ensure they are accessing the most current and accurate version.
Lectures
1. Introduction: Stratigraphies, how many? (G. Muttoni)
1.2 Types of Sediments in five minutes
2. Magnetostratigraphy (G. Muttoni)
2.2 Geodynamo & Magnetic Reversals
Suggested readings:
Butler's Book (Chapter 1)
Buffett, B. A. (2000), Earth's core and the geodynamo, Science, 288(5473), 2007-2012.
Gubbins, D. (2008), Earth science: Geomagnetic reversals, Nature, 452(7184), 165.
2.3 Magnetism and Magnetic Minerals
Suggested readings:
Butler's Book (Chapter 2)
Suggested readings:
Butler's Book (Chapter 3)
2.5 Field and Laboratory Techniques
Suggested readings / material:
Butler's Book (Chapters 4–6)
Optional: sampling for magnetostratigraphy at Colle di Sogno and measurement of magnetic properties in the lab*
*lo studente compila il DANAC e invia al docente la ricevuta di inserimento. Il docente compila il CAC, lo scarica e lo invia al Direttore per firma
2.6 Summary and take home messages
Muttoni 2020 Encyclopedia of Archeology
2.7 Exercises on Magnetostratigraphy & useful videos
3. Cyclostratigraphy (G. Muttoni)
4. Sequence Stratigraphy (G. Muttoni)
4.1 Basic Concepts
Suggested readings / material:
Catuneanu, O., W. E. Galloway, C. G. S. C. Kendall, A. D. Miall, H. W. Posamentier, A. Strasser, and M. E. Tucker (2011), Sequence stratigraphy: methodology and nomenclature, Newsletters on stratigraphy, 44(3), 173-245.
VIDEO UNIV ALABAMA - very useful
4.2 Practicals (~1CFU) Lectures & Exercises on Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy (ENI).
4.3 Exercises & useful Videos
Lectures
5. Chemostratigraphy (ask E. Dallanave)
6. Case Studies of Integrated Chronostratigraphy (G. Muttoni)
6.1 Triassic
DV Kent, PE Olsen, G Muttoni. Astrochronostratigraphic polarity time scale (APTS) for the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic from continental sediments and correlation with standard marine stages. Earth-Science Reviews 166, 153-180
Muttoni, G., D. V. Kent, P. E. Olsen, P. Di Stefano, W. Lowrie, S. Bernasconi, and F. Martín Hernández (2004), Tethyan magnetostratigraphy from Pizzo Mondello (Sicily) and correlation to the Late Triassic Newark astrochronological polarity time scale, Geological Society of America Bullettin, 116, 1043–1058.
Maron, M., Muttoni, M., Rigo, M., Gianolla, P., Kent, D.V. New magnetobiostratigraphic results from the Ladinian of the Dolomites and implications for the Triassic geomagnetic polarity timescale. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 517, 52-73, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.024, 2'19.
6.2 Jurassic (work in progress)
Muttoni, G., Visconti, A., Channell, J. E., Casellato, C. E., Maron, M., & Jadoul, F. (2018). An expanded Tethyan Kimmeridgian magneto-biostratigraphy from the S'Adde section (Sardinia): Implications for the Jurassic timescale. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 503, 90-101, 2018.
6.3 Cretaceous
6.4 Paleogene
Dallanave, E., C. Agnini, G. Muttoni, and D. Rio (2009), Magneto-biostratigraphy of the Cicogna section (Italy): Implications for the late Paleocene–early Eocene time scale, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285(1-2), 39-51.
6.5 Pleistocene
Muttoni, G., C. Carcano, E. Garzanti, M. Ghielmi, A. Piccin, R. Pini, S. Rogledi, and D. Sciunnach (2003), Onset of Major Pleistocene Glaciations in the Alps, Geology, 31, 989–992.
Scardia, G., G. Muttoni, and D. Sciunnach (2006), Subsurface magnetostratigraphy of Pleistocene sediments from the Po Plain (Italy): Constraints on rates of sedimentation and rock uplift, GSA Bulletin, 118(11/12), 1299–1312.
Monesi, E., Muttoni, G., Scardia, G., Felletti, F., Bona, F., Sala, B., Tremolada, F., Francou, C., Raineri, G. 2016. Insights on the opening of the Galerian mammal migration pathway from magnetostratigraphy of the Pleistocene marine-continental transition in the Arda River section (northern Italy). Quaternary Research 86, 220-231, 2016.
S Perini, G Muttoni, E Monesi, RT Melis, M Mussi. Magnetochronology and age models of deposition of the Melka Kunture stratigraphic sequence (Upper Awash, Ethiopia) and age assessments of the main archeological levels therein contained. Quaternary Science Reviews 274, 107259, 2022
New! the Vemosa Basin exercise
7. Plate Stratigraphy
7.1 Premises: Earth's Zonal Cimate
7.2 Premises: Paleopoles and Paleogeography (ask E. Dallanave)
Suggested readings / material:
7.3 Case studies
7.3.1 Adria. Iran, etc.;
Muttoni, G., E. Dallanave, and J. E. T. Channell (2013), The drift history of Adria and Africa from 280 Ma to Present, Jurassic true polar wander, and zonal climate control on Tethyan sedimentary facies, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 386, 415-435.
Mattei, M., G. Muttoni, and F. Cifelli (2014), A record of the Jurassic massive plate shift from the Garedu Formation of central Iran, Geology, 42(6), 555-558.
7.3.2 Ghawar, etc,
Muttoni, G., E. Erba, D. V. Kent, and V. Bachtadse (2005), Mesozoic Alpine facies deposition as a result of past latitudinal plate motion, Nature, 434, 59-63.
Muttoni, G., and D. Kent (2016), A novel plate tectonic scenario for the genesis and sealing of some major Mesozoic oil fields, GSA TODAY, 26(12), 4-10.
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