GSS International and Hérisson d'Argent Ltd have combined to provide a modular biostratigraphic training course designed for industry & academic geologists and students called "Applied Biostratigraphy". The course consists of 3 core modules (1-day) which provide a detailed but accessible grounding on the principles of biostratigraphy & paleontology:

• Introduction & Background
• Major Microfossil Groups
• Principles of Stratigraphy

Additional (optional) modules provide short-courses in important subject areas such as...

• Operational (wellsite) Biostratigraphy (½-day)
• Sequence Biostratigraphy (1-day)
• Paleoenvironments (½-day)
• Biostratigraphy for Industrial Geologists (½-day)
• Numerical Biostratigraphy (¼-day)
• Practical Biostratigraphy (with microscopes) (1-day)

The modules consist of lectures and practical exercises with the emphasis on applied uses.

A detailed course syllabus and prices can be seen here.

For more information please contact

Dr. Mike Bidgood
GSS International
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+44 (0)1651 873026

2 Meadows Drive
Oldmeldrum
Aberdeenshire
AB51 0GA
U.K.

or

Dr. David Jutson
Hérisson d'Argent
silver.hedgehog(at)hotmail.co.uk
+33 (0)565 226940

Pisseby
46170 St. Paul de Loubressac
FRANCE