MICROPALEONTOLOGY II
cod. 19437

Academic year 2007/08
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Paleontologia e paleoecologia (GEO/01)
Field
Discipline geologiche e paleontologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

<br />The objective of the course is to give a deeper knowledge on Foraminifera and their use in various fields of geological sciences.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />- Biology and ecology of foraminifera<br />- Test morphology and diagnostic features for taxonomic  classification of foraminifera<br />- Foraminifera systematic at generic level <br />- Application of Foraminifera in paleoecology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and biostratigraphy<br /> 

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />1)     Brasier M.D.,1980. Microfossils. Gorge Allen & Unwin LTD<br />2)     Haq B.U. and Boersma A., 1980. Introduction to Marine Micropaleontlogy. Elsevier<br />3)     Murray J.W., 1993. Ecology and paleoecology of benthic foraminifera. Longman Scientific &Technical<br />4)     Sen Gupta B.K., 1999. Modern Foraminifera. Kluwer Academic Publishers

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