Stratigraphy

Recommended Prerequisites

General Geology, Sedimentary Petrology and Palaeontology.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes: presentation of concepts and methodologies of stratigraphic analysis;

Theoretical-practical classes: students develop several exercises according to the syllabus of the theoretical component;

Field classes: they are mainly based on the execution of stratigraphic columns and their interpretation.

Learning Outcomes

This course unit has the following main objectives and skills: Correct use of the concepts and principles of Stratigraphy, as a basic and unifying course of geology; Autonomic reinforcement in the field geological descriptions and analysis and correct processing of stratigraphic information in a meaningful and effective way, using the appropriate field and laboratory methodologies and techniques; Correct integration of stratigraphic fundamentals in geological analysis supported by other domains of Earth Sciences. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Concepts, history and and principles of stratigraphy

2. Time in Geology. Chronostratigraphy and geochronology

3. Stratigraphic nomenclature

4. Lithostratigraphy

5. Biostratigraphy

6. Magnetostratigraphy

7. Chemostratigraphy

8. Allostratigraphy

9. Stratigraphic correlation

10. Ciclycity, Sequence stratigraphy and sea level changes

11. Stratigraphic and palaeogeographic synthesis.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

Brookfield, M. E., 2004. Principles of Stratigraphy. Blackwell Publ., Malden, 340 p.

Salvador, A., 1994. International Stratigraphic Guide. A guide to stratigraphic classification, terminology, and procedure, (second edition), Intern. Subcommission on Stratigr. Classification of I.U.G.S., Intern. Comm. On Stratigraphy, Intern. Union of Geological Sciences and The Geological Soc. of America (eds.), 214 p.

Vera Torres, J. A., 1994. Estratigrafía. Principios y Métodos”, Ed. Rueda, Madrid, 802 p.