Government Of India

Ministry of Mines

1^st Refresher Course on  Paleontology

   BACKGROUND INFORMATION

GSI has pioneered in the Paleontological studies and their application in stratigraphic studies and mineral exploration.  Information on most of the vertebrate and invertebrate fossils of the Indian subcontinent is incorporated in several publications of the Palaeontologia Indica. Methods of fossil identification and their systematic description need considerable expertise.  Most of the experts are either retired or on the verge of retirement. This course is proposed in order to train the young geologists in the art and artifice of paleontology.

  LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION     :    Geologists engaged in   mapping

  CUM ELIGIBILITY                        preferably  sedimentary terrains and

                                                 working Paleontology Laboratories

  NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS     :     20

  DURATION & VENUE               :     2 weeks  at Lucknow

  DATE OF COMMENCEMENT     :     February 2004

  COURSE CONTENT

·        Standard paleontological methods and practices

·        Mega flora and palyno flora  -- Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic

·        Invertebrate fossil assemblages in the Indian context

·        Fundamentals of foraminifera and their implications on hydrocarbon exploration

·        Vertebrate fossil assemblages in Indian context.

·        Field visit to important sections