Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the tools for addressing the classical issues or the most recent developments in micropaleontology through the knowledge of the basic elements that allow thereconstruction of the biostratigraphy in a chronological framework
Course unit content
Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy,Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology, Origin of life. Microfossils and there application. Calcareous microfossils Siliceous microfossils. Other microfossils
Full programme
Biostratigraphy, Stratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology, Biostratigraphy, introduction, biostratigraphic units, schemes, biochronological resolution, biostratigraphic correlations.Methods in biostratigraphy. Micropaleontology: Origin of life. Calcareous microfossils: Nannofossils, Foraminifera, and Ostracods. Siliceous microfossils: Diatoms, Radiolaria. Other microfossils: Acritarchs, Dinoflagellate cysts, Conodonts
Teaching methods
Lessons and practical classes at light microscope and scanning electronicmicroscope.
Assessment methods and criteria
test at the LM on taxonomy and oral test
