Geol.807 PALYNOFACIES ANALYSIS (3 C.H)
Pollen and spore morphology and taxonomy , Pollen production, dispersal and deposition, collecting data in the field, constructing and interpreting pollen diagrams, reconstructing vegetation cover and paleoclimate, recycling, sedimentation, and preparation, applications of palynology, chemistry of sporopollenin and chitin , form and function among palynomorphs, modern spore and pollen morphology, classification of organ fossils, evidence for a k/t floral hiatus, uses of palynofacies, hydrocarbon potential assessment, palaeoenviromental analysis, bulk kerogen parameters, palynomorph parameters, data interpretation, diagrammatic representation of palynofacies data
Books Recommended:- Fossil plants and spores: modern techniques by Jones, T.P. and Rowe, N. P., 1999. Geological Society of London.
- Pollen analysis by Moore, P.D., Webb, J.A., and Collinson, M.E., 1991. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston.
- Textbook of pollen analysis, IV edition by Faegri, K, Iversen, J, Kaland, P.E., and Krzywinsky, K., 1989. Blackburn Press.
- Applied micropaleontlgy by Jenkins, D.J.,1993. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.