Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY Code 00808038
Study programme
0808 - GRADO EN INGENIERIA MINERA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Optional Fourth Second
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC
Coordinador
FERNANDEZ LOZANO , JAVIER
E-mail jferl@unileon.es
esana@unileon.es
pcald@unileon.es
Lecturers
SANZ ABLANEDO , ENOC
CALDEVILLA DOMINGUEZ, PABLO
FERNANDEZ LOZANO , JAVIER
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
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente BERNARDO SANCHEZ , ANTONIO
Secretario TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC CASTAÑON GARCIA , ANA MARIA
Vocal TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC VIEJO DIEZ , JULIO
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC SIERRA FERNANDEZ , CARLOS
Secretario TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC RODRIGUEZ PEREZ , JOSE RAMON
Vocal TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC ALVAREZ DE PRADO , LAURA

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
A16830
A16838
A16839
A16840
A16841
A16842
 B5157
B5158
B5167
B5168
B5169
B5170
B5183
 C2
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
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
 
Personal tuition
Description
Recomendaciones y resolución de dudas en función de la marcha de la asignatura en el momento de realizar la tutoría. Los horarios de tutoría se fijarán a principios de curso.

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
Geology / 00808016
Petrography and Mineralogy / 00808023