541-0980/03 – Biostratigraphy (BSG)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2016/2017 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge and explanation how to recognise the common morphological features of the fossil plants and animals. Identification of the fossils in the paleontological system.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
The course is devoted to the palaeontologicaly interesting organisms of the Earth history and stratigraphich applications. Explain the origin and preservation of fossils. Students are acquainted with basic systematic phytopaleontology, the importance of Protozoa and overview of the classification of Metazoa.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
BENTON M.J., HARPER D.: Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record. John Wiley & Sons, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-1405141574
COWEN R.,History of Life, 2013, 5th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN : 978-1-118-51095-7.
GRADSTEIN, F.M. et al.: The Geologic Time Scale 2012. 1st ed. Oxford: Elsevier, 2012, x, 437-1144. ISBN 978-0- 444-59434-12.
JAIN S.: Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology. Springer, 2016, 405 s. ISSN 2197-9545
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Účast na konzultacích, ústní zkouška.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Statigraphic scales.
Biostratigraphic scale and its units.
Continental deposits and a possible abundance of fossils in them.
Particularities of the biostratigraphy of transition sedimentary environments.
Biostratigraphy of marine sedimentary environments.
Micropalaeontology.
Micropaleontological techniques.
Anoxie conditions.
Possibilities of the employment of biostratigraphic methods in the Precambrian.
Principles and possibilities of biostratigraphic subdivision of individual Phanerozoic formations.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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