About This Course

This training covers palynology and micropalaeontology for geologists who use the data. It works through the main microfossil groups and their stratigraphic value, biostratigraphic zonation and its construction, age dating and its resolution, palaeoenvironmental interpretation, palaeobathymetry, reworking and caving, correlation using biostratigraphy, integration with other stratigraphic methods, the specification of biostratigraphic work and the critical reading of biostratigraphic reports.