Learning objectives
Acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding of 1) the biostratigraphy and its importance in obtaining a chronostratigraphic and biochronologic framework of sedimentary successions and in the Geological Time Scale, 2) its applications in the fields of Geological Sciences.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
• Biostratigraphy: definitions, biostratigraphic units, methods of biostratigraphicanalysis, biozonations, biostratigraphic correlations.
• Biostratigraphy integrated with magnetostratigraphy, isotope stratigraphy andcyclostratigraphy.
• Biochronology.
• Biostratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Geological Time Scale.
• Biostratigraphy applied to sequence stratigraphy and hydrocarbon exploration.
• Practicals focused on the main foraminifera biostratigraphic markers.
Full programme
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Bibliography
McGowran B., 2005. Biostratigraphy. Microfossils and Geological Time. CambridgeUniversity Press.
Jones R.W., 2014. Foraminifera and their Applications. Cambridge University Press
Teaching methods
frontal and practical (also microscope) lessons
Assessment methods and criteria
oral exam
Other information
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