Practicum of Micropalaeontology

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Course ID:	1300-ORMP4L1
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Practicum of Micropalaeontology
Name in Polish:	Praktikum z mikropaleontologii
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Zapoznanie się z mikroskamieniałościami prezentowanymi w ramach przedmiotu „Paleontologia II” prowadzonym na Wydziale Geologii byłoby wskazane, ale nie jest warunkiem koniecznym.
Short description:	Extraction of microfosills from clays, brown coal, marls and limestones. Cutting and dyeing of selected specimens. Preparation of specimens to observation under optical and scanning electron microscopes (SEM) . Documentation of microfossils (drawnings and SEM photographs.
Full description:	Extraction of microfosills from clays, brown coal, marls and limestones. Calcareous (foraminiferans), phosphate (conodonts, vertebrate microremains) and organic (spores, pollens, dinocysts) microfossils are extracted from samples of rocks by different mechanical and chemical techniques : separation with use of sieve, dissolving in acids, mechanical dezintegration by calcium sulfate and with use of crushing machine Cuttinng and dyeing of selected specimens. Preparation of specimens to observation under optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Documentation of microfossils (drawnings and SEM photographs.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) 1.Kurs preparacji skamieniałości. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN. 15-16 grudnia 2000r.(dostępne w sieci, wydane w formie kserokopii). 2.Metody opracowywania mikroskamieniałościi. Biuletyn Instytutu Geologicznego nr 134. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne. 3.Preparation techniques for acid-insoluble microfossils. Funkhouser J.W & Evitt W.R. Micropalaeontology 1959, vol. 5, p.369-375.
Learning outcomes:	Students can extract different types of microfossils (calcareous, phosphate and organic microfossils) from different types of sediments and rocks (clays, brown coal, limestones and marls) wit a use of appropriate mechanical and chemical techniques (sieving, dissolving in acids, mechanical desintegration of rocks with a use of chemicals and crushing machine). Students can prepare specimens for both optical and SEM observations. They also get basic knowledge on industrial safety
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Presence frequency, acivity, final written test finished by test mark.
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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