COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

To determine palecological conditions, paleobiogeographic characteristics and economical potential of the rudists in the world and also in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Carter, J.G., et (with 41 participants), 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas, Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47 pp.
Özer, S., 2002. Distributions stratigraphiques et géographiques des rudistes du Crétacé supérieur en
Turquie. In Sladi -Trifunovi , M. (ed.), Proceedings-First International Conference on Rudists
Beograd, 1988, Union of Geological Socities of Yugoslavia, Memorial Publication, 173-187.
Özer, S., Meriç, E., Görmüş, M. and Kanbur, S., 2009. Biogeographic distributions of the rudists and benthic foraminifers: An approach to Campanian-Maastrichtian paleobiogeography of Turkey. Geobios, 42, 623-638.
Özer, S., Sarı, B. and Önal, M., 2008. Campanian-Maastrichtian rudist-bearing mixed silisiclastic-carbonate transgressive-regressive system tracts of the eastern and southeastern Anatolia: faunal correlation, depositional facies and palaeobiogeographic significance. Eighth International Congress on Rudists June 23-25 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive courses and tutorials

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam %20: General characıeristics of rudists and their relationships with first three learning outcomes
2. Homework %20: Discussion of the related papers with learning outcomes
3. Final Exam %60: Control and evaluation all of the learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0 232 3017305

Office Hours

Wednesday-13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes