Applied Microplaeontology

Synthesis

1-Microfossils – definitions, occurrences & main studies methodologies2-Systematic Micropaleontology – summary of main characteristics :
Foraminifers ; Ostracods ; Nannoplankton ; Radiolarians ; Diatoms ; Conodonts ; Calpionellids ; Palynomorphs (Spores, Pollens, Dinoflagelates ) etc.

3-Microfossils as geological interpretative tools :
Petro genesis (Reservoirs, Source Rocks) ; Biostratigraphy ; Pale ecology ; Thermal maturation ; Sequence Stratigraphy; Geological operations .

4)- Microfossils as archeological interpretative tools: (upon request)
Origins of artifacts, Paleo environmental reconstructions, humankind occupation sites impacts ; Age dating / correlation of evolutionary events ; Paleo parasitology ; Forensic

Language

Audience type

Bachelor of Sciences, Masters, (adaptation upon requests)

Planned duration

Minimum (variable) duration of 16 to 2 hours. This lecture can be organized within a period of 5 days .

Support material

Power Point Presentation / Lecture booklet / Practical Exercises (data interpretation)Posters, demos, case studiesBook « Introduçao a Micropaleontologia » C.Seyve, 199.

Prerequisite

Objectives

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