Stratigraphic and Regional Geology

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0982/03
Abbreviation	SGR
Course title	Stratigraphic and Regional Geology
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Selected chapters devoted to new knowledge in the field of biostratigraphy,
paleoecology, and paleogeography. New trends in lithostratigraphy.
Principles of sequence stratigraphy.
International news in stratigraphic units, divisions and geochronological dating.
Regional geology of Bohemian Massif, Outer Western Carpathians and the whole Carpathian system in light of the findings of the previous decade.

Literature

CHÁB, Jan. Outline of the geology of the Bohemian Massif the basement rocks and their carboniferous and permian cover. Vyd. 1. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2010, 283 s. ISBN 978-80-7075-703-1.
NICHOLSON, G.: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – 1999, Blackwell
Publishing, 355 s. Oxford Press,
ROGER, J. J. W.: A history of the Earth. - 1994, Cambridge University Press.328s.
STANLEY, S. M. Earth system history. 3rd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2009, xxi, 551 s. ISBN 978-1-4292-0520-7.

Advised literature

BENTON M.J., HARPER D.: Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
COWEN R.,History of Life, 2013, 5th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN : 978-1-118-51095-7.
DONOVAN, S. K.: The paleobiology of trace fossils. Chichester: Wiley, 1994, vi, 1-308. ISBN 0-471-94843-8.
GRADSTEIN, F. The geologic time scale 2012. 1st ed. Oxford: Elsevier, 2012, x, s. 437-1144. ISBN 978-0-444-59434-12.

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