Micropaleontology

Course content

Value of micropaleontologic studies in geologic exploration. Sampling and sample preparation techniques. Microfossil groups including foraminifera, nannoplanktons, calpionellids and radiolaria. Microfossils as chronometers of the Phanerozoic and as paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic indicators. Stratigraphic section analysis by using micropaleontologic data.