Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants are expected to:

• Understand the basic concepts of biostratigraphy and chemical stratigraphy,
• Develop skills in stratigraphic correlation using biostratigraphy and chemical stratigraphy.

Content

• Basic concepts of biostratigraphy and chemical stratigraphy.
• Main groups of microfossils (ostracods, foraminifera, nannofossils, palynomorphs), bio-chronostatigraphic zonation.
• Use of organic and inorganic geochemical data for the chemostratigraphic characterization of clastic and carbonate successions.
• Chronostratigraphic refinement to define stratigraphic surfaces for correlation on a regional and detailed scale.

Who should participate

Geologists, geophysicists and engineers working in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons.

Instructor

• Luiz Carlos Veiga de Oliveira, PhD