G7221 Micropaleontology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Nela Doláková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková
Prerequisites
Graduation of G1081
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is devoted to students of magisterial progammme Geology, mainly to those who intend to pass the state examinations in the subject Paleontology.It follows the main goal to present them on the advanced university level the main microscopic methods used in micropaleontology and to make them acquainted with the systematic determination of the common groups of fossil microorganisms.
Syllabus
  • Basic microscopical methods of the study of the individual systematic groups - Foraminifera,Porifera,Coelenterata, Ostracoda, Bryozoa,Calpionellida,Conodonta, Diatomaceae, Dinophyceae, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, palynomorphs. Study of cross sections, palynological preparates, work with the binocular microscope. Preparation methods of micropaleontological samples.
Literature
  • Haq, Bilal U. and Boersma Anne. Introduction to marine Micropaleontology. Elsevier New Yor.1978.376s
  • PACLTOVÁ, Blanka. Základy mikropaleobotaniky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 286 s. ISBN 80-7066-273-5. info
  • KULICH, Jan. Zoopaleontologické techniky. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 88 s. info
  • POKORNÝ, Vladimír. Základy zoologické mikropaleontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1954, 650 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Praktické cvičení ukpončené klasifikovaným zápočtem.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5D.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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