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Micropaleontology in Petroleum Industry

Summary

The aim is to acquire knowledge about groups of microfossils used in the oil industry, possibilities of their use in stratigraphy, evaluation of hydrocarbon potential and in palaeoecological analyzes.

Literature

BILAL U. HAQ, ANNE BOERSMA. Introduction to Marine Micropaleontology. Elsevier Science, 1998.
JANSONIUS J. Palynology: principles and application. AASP, Salt Lake City, 1996.
TYSON R. Sedimentary Organic Matter, Organic facies and palynofacies. Springer, Netherlands, 1995.
MARTIN R.E. Environmental Micropaleontology. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2012.

Advised literature

ARMSTRONG H.A. Microfossils. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005.
BEAUDOIN A. B.; M. J. HEAD, The Palynology and Micropalaeontology of Boundaries. Geological Society of London, 2004.
MARTIN, R.E. Environmental Micropaleontology. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2012.
TRAVERSE A. Paleopalynology. Springer Netherlands, 2007.


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 541-3003
Abbreviation MNP
Course title Micropaleontology in Petroleum Industry
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.