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Cuticular analysis - MG422P08
Title: Kutikulární analýza
Czech title: Kutikulární analýza
Guaranteed by: Institute of Geology and Paleontology (31-420)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2018
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Jakub Sakala, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. RNDr. Jiří Kvaček, CSc.
RNDr. Josef Pšenička, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Jakub Sakala, Ph.D. (29.10.2019)
Cuticular analysis aims to present a practical skill in laboratory using different techniques and methods, based on various types of fossil leave material (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic...)
Literature -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Jakub Sakala, Ph.D. (29.10.2019)

Fossil Plants and Spores: Modern Techniques by T.P. Jones and N.P. Rowe
Geological Society of London, 1999, 196 p.
ISBN 1-86239-035-5

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Jakub Sakala, Ph.D. (29.10.2019)

regular attendance at lessons

final individual preparation of a fossil cuticle

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Jakub Sakala, Ph.D. (29.10.2019)
 
1. Introduction: main methods and approaches of cuticular analysis
2. Terminology used in a description of fossil cuticles with respect to different types of plants (ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
3. Systematical anatomy of leaves and overview of important members of Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic floras
4. Main part: practical exercise in preparation of fossil cuticle - from laboratory to light and SEM microscopy
Aim is to learn how to handle with fossil cuticles, how to prepare them , observe them and finally how to describe them using the right terminology
 
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