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GEOS235: Palaeontology

Day and external students: voluntary field excursion 20 October, Hunter Valley. External Students: 15 to 16 September; 13 to 14 October

A broad survey of the progress of life; patterns of evolution and mass extinctions in the past; waxing and waning of faunal provinces; fossil communities; biological nomenclature in outline; outline of morphology of the main groups of fossil plants and animals; principles of biostratigraphy; and the applications of palaeontology to solving geological problems.

Credit Points:3
Contact Hours:5
When Offered: D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: 15-16 September, 13-14 October, 20 October (F))
Staff Contact: Dr Glenn Brock
Prerequisites:

GEOS112 or GEOS115 or BIOL114

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Unit Designations: Science
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

 
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