COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5115 BIOSTRATIGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BILAL SARI

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

To determine the biostratigraphic zones, types of the biozones and their correlations
and also to present the biostratigraphic methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. able to understand fossils
2   2. able to understand concept of diagnostic taxa
3   3. able to explain biostratigraphic unit
4   4. able to determine biozones
5   5. able to apply the biostratigraphy in the field and tutorial

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Introduction to biostratigraphy, basic concepts on fossils and fossilization
2 2 Biostratigraphic units, determination of biozone, types of biozones
3 3 Interval zone and its determination, taxon range zone, concurrent zone, interval zone, intervals without fossils
4 4 Assemblage zone and its determination, senozone, Oppel zone, abundance zone, ecozones
5 5 The parameters affecting the first and last occurrences of the fossils in determning the biozones
6 6 Order of the biostratigraphic zones, formal biostratigraphic codes, revisions of biostratigraphic zones
7 7 Biostratigraphic zonation, evolution, taxonomic classification, mass-extinctions
8 8 Biostratigraphic interpretations
9 9 Correlation of biozones
10 10 Biofacies maps and methods
11 11 Application of biozones
12 12 Biozone maps and methods
13 13 Biostratigraphic methods for geological interpretations
14 14 Biostratigraphic methods for geological interpretations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Boggs, S. 1987. Biostratigraphy, in : Principles Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Macmillan Publishing Company, 619-656.
Supplementary Books:
Hallam, A. (ed.) 1977. Patterns of evolution as illustrated by the fossil recod. Elsevier, New York, 591.
Kauffman, E.G. & J.E.Hazel (eds.), 1977. Concepts and methods of biostratigraphy. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg. Pa. 658 p.
Middlemass, F.A., P.F. Rawson, & G.Newell (eds.) 1971. Faunal provinces in space and time: Seel House Press, Liverpool, 236.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive courses and tutorials

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam %25: Basic concepts of biostratigraphy and their relationships with the first three learning outcomes
2. Homework %25: Discussion of the related papers with learning outcomes
3. Final Exam %50: Control and evaluation all of the learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Bilal SARI
Office: 0.232.3017342
e-mail:bilal.sari@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday-13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 212

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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