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Load:
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1. komponenta
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15 |
| Practicum |
30 |
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
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Description:
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A short historical review. The tasks of micropaleontology. Samplings, methods of preparation. The ways of fossilisation, optical methods and ways of observation of the microfossils; Morphology, organization, ways of life and the taxonomy (foraminifera; ostracodes; calpionellids, conodonts; calcareous algae; calcareous nannoplankton; radiolaria; marine diatoms; silicoflagellates; dinoflagellates; spores and pollen) and the evolution of the most important groups of microfossils in the geological time and space. The importance of the microfossils in biostratigraphy, paleoecology and oil exploration.
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Literature:
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- Haq, B. U. & Boersma, A.: Introduction to Marine Micropaleontology, Elsevier, New York, 1998.
- Bignot, G.: Elements of Micropalaeontology, Graham & Trotman Lim., London 1985.
- Riding, R. : Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1991.
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Prerequisit for:
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Enrollment
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Passed
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General paleontology
Passed
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Physical geology
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Pristupačnost
