Unit APPLIED BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
- Course
- Geology for energy resources
- Study-unit Code
- A004715
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Giulia Margaritelli
- Teachers
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- Giulia Margaritelli
- Hours
- 54 ore - Giulia Margaritelli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2026/27
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Sector
- GEO/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- - Introduction to Micropaleontology and the Proxy Concept
- Basic Concepts and Biostratigraphy
- Introduction to the various micropaleontological groups with a focus on foraminifera (benthic and planktonic)
- Morphological and taxonomic analysis of foraminifera
- Foraminifera as Bioindicators
- Foraminifera as Paleoclimatic Proxies
- Cretaceous Biostratigraphy
- Laboratory for the Recognition of Plantonic and Benthic Foraminifera
- Laboratory for the Recognition of the Most Common Neogene Genus and Species - Reference texts
- Iaccarino & Premoli Silva, 2007. Practical Manual of Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera
- Educational objectives
- - Acquire the fundamental concepts of biostratigraphy and micropaleontology
- Acquire the taxonomic basis for recognizing benthic and planktonic foraminifera
- Understand the underlying oceanographic conditions through sediment sample analysis
- Recognize the most common Neogene genera and species - Prerequisites
- Stratigraphy and basic paleontology
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and practical (laboratory)
- Other information
- N/A
- Learning verification modality
- Oral and Practical
- Extended program
- - Introduction to Micropaleontology and the Proxy Concept
- Basic Concepts and Biostratigraphy
- Introduction to the various micropaleontological groups with a focus on foraminifera (benthic and planktonic)
- Morphological and taxonomic analysis of foraminifera
- Foraminifera as Bioindicators
- Foraminifera as Paleoclimatic Proxies
- Cretaceous Biostratigraphy
- Laboratory for the Recognition of Plantonic and Benthic Foraminifera
- Laboratory for the Recognition of the Most Common Neogene Genus and Species - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- - Climate Action
- Life Below Water
- Life on Land