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Subject | STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY | Code | 00808038 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Credit. | Type | Year | Period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Optional | Fourth | Second |
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Department | TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC |
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Coordinador |
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jferl@unileon.es esana@unileon.es pcald@unileon.es |
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Web | http://https://www.unileon.es/estudiantes/oferta-academica/grados/grado-en-ingenieria-minera/plan-estudios?id=0808038&cursoa=2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General description | Basic and applied engineering stratigraphy and palaeontology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tribunales de Revisión |
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Competencias |
Code | |
A16830 | |
A16835 | |
A16836 | |
A16837 | |
A16838 | |
A16839 | |
A16840 | |
A16841 | |
A16842 | |
A16843 | |
B5150 | |
B5157 | |
B5158 | |
B5161 | |
B5167 | |
B5168 | |
B5169 | |
B5170 | |
B5174 | |
B5177 | |
B5180 | |
B5183 | |
C2 | CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study. |
Learning aims |
Competences | |||
A16835 A16836 A16837 A16842 A16843 |
B5150 B5161 |
C2 |
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A16830 A16838 A16839 A16840 A16841 A16842 |
B5157 B5158 B5167 B5168 B5169 B5170 B5183 |
C2 |
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B5170 B5174 B5177 B5180 |
Contents |
Topic | Sub-topic |
Block I. Stratigraphy | 1. Concept, objectives and methods of stratigraphy. 2. The geological cycle. Generating medium and receiving medium. 3. Textures and structures of sedimentary rocks. 4. Stratigraphic continuity and discontinuity. 5. Stratigraphic units. 6. Surface and subsurface correlation methods. 7. Sedimentary environments and sedimentary facies. 8. Economic lithostratigraphy. |
Block II. Palaeontology | 9. Introduction to palaeontology. 10. The concept of fossils. Fossils and sedimentary environments. Dating of fossils. Biostratigraphy. 11. Natural resources of organic origin. 12. Microfossils with applied stratigraphic interest. |
Programme of practical contents. | - Recognition of sedimentary structures. - Representation of stratigraphic successions. - Methods for mapping lithostratigraphic units. - Creation of stratigraphic sections and columns on maps and images. - Recognition of fossil fauna and flora. |
Planning |
Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | Total hours | |||||||
Field work/trips | 15 | 10 | 25 | ||||||
Laboratory practicals | 11 | 10 | 21 | ||||||
Assignments | 2 | 25 | 27 | ||||||
Personal tuition | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Lecture | 28 | 45 | 73 | ||||||
Extended-answer tests | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies |
Description | |
Field work/trips | A field trip will be made in order to observe in situ stratigraphic characters related to the theoretical contents of the course. |
Laboratory practicals | Practical sessions on the recognition of sedimentary rocks and structures. Fossil recognition practices. |
Assignments | Bibliographic work on stratigraphy and applied palaeontology. |
Personal tuition | Tutorials of the students of the subject will be carried out in timetables adapted to the timetable of the course. |
Lecture | Presentation by the teacher in the classroom of the basic contents of the subject. |
Personalized attention |
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Assessment |
Description | Qualification | ||
Assignments | Would be an asset..: - Field practice - Laboratory practicals - Other work The grade obtained in this section must be at least 3.5 out of 10 in order to be taken into account in the overall calculation. |
45 % | |
Extended-answer tests | The following will be assessed: - Written exams on theoretical contents. The grade obtained in this section must be at least 3.5 out of 10, in order to be taken into account in the overall calculation. |
45 % | |
Others | Attendance and active participation. | 10 % | |
Other comments and second call | |||
Tests will be carried out on theoretical and practical contents and procedures. With regard to the weighting of the qualification, the percentages assigned to the different types of content and procedures will be similar to those considered in the first call. |
Sources of information |
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE |
Basic |
R.M. Black, ELEMENTOS DE PALEONTOLOGÍA, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1976 I. Corrales, J. Rosell, L. Sánchez, J.A. Vera y L. Vilas, ESTRATIGRAFÍA, Rueda, 1977 J.A. Vera Torres, ESTRATIGRAFÍA: Principios y Métodos, Rueda , 1994 M.D. Brasier, MICROFOSSILS, Allen and Unwin, 1980 E.N.K. Clarkson, PALEONTOLOGÍA DE INVERTEBRADOS y su evolución, Paraninfo, 1986 Blatt, W.B.N. Berry y S. Brande, PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, Blacwell Scientific Publications, 1991 D.R. Prothero y F. Schwab, SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Stratigraphy, Geological Association of Canada, 1996 |
Complementary |
W. N. Stewart y G. W. Rothwell, PALEOBOTANY AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE PLANTS, Cambridge University Press, 1993 D. M. Raup y S. M. Stanley, PRINCIPIOS DE PALEONTOLOGÍA, Ariel, 1978 G. de Vries Klein , SANDSTONE DEPOSITIONAL MODELS FOR EXPLORATION FOR FOSSIL, International Human Resources Deveolpment Corporation, Boston, 1985 H. Chamley, Sedimentology, Springer-Verlag, 1990 |
Recommendations |
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before | |||
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