Study program:
Geology (I semester -PhD) |
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Name of subject: Microfauna in Sedimentology and Biostratigraphy |
Instructors:
Prof. Nevenka Đerić |
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Status: Optional |
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ECTS: 10 |
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Prerequisites: - |
Course Objectives:
This class will cover the detailed knowledge on biogeographic distribution and biostratigraphic intervals of microfauna that represented inportant part of a marine ecosytem. |
Learning Outcomes:
Ability to interpret biological differences in microfauna, determine conditions of changes in the content of the fossil comunities and relationships with the accompanying fossil community, as well as to apply the obtained results in sedimentological, paleoecological and biostratigraphical research. |
Content:
Theory teaching
The importance of fossils in sediment deposition and diagenesis. Formation of carbonate skeletons and their participation in the carbonate sediments. Fossil biocommunities’s structure. Formation of siliceous skeletons and their significance for deepwater sediments.
Microfauna - shelf, continental slope and abyssal zone. Analysis microfacies. Practical teaching
Fossil Assemblages Exercise. |
Suggested Reading List:
- Aktuelna literatura koja obrađuje odabranu grupu fosilnih organizama (članci, monografije).
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Conduct of the Course:
Practical work with fossils and identification of microfauna in thin-sections. The study of the relevant literature. Discussion about possible conclusions (biostratigraphy and paleoecology). |
Fund hours:
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Exercises |
Other forms of teaching |
Study research |
| 4 |
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0 |
0 |
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Assessment:
| Final Exam |
ECTS |
| Written exam | 60 |
| Classwork Assessment |
ECTS |
| Practical Classes | 40 |
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Additional Assessment Criteria: - |
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