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Course Name	Turkish	Palinoloji
	English	Palynology
Course Code	YSB 690E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	3	3
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Demet Biltekin
Course Objectives		1. To teach students the history of palynology and the changes in developments of palynology, 2. To teach pollen development, identification of pollen morphology and structural features, 3. To show the methods used in palynology and how to apply pollen analysis in quaternary palynology
Course Description		This course focuses on fossil pollen and spores and other palynomorphs, to evaluate past vegetation and climate changes. Analysis of organic walled ‘palinomorphs‘ (spores and pollen grains) is very important in the disciplines of biostratigraphy, geochronology and paleoecology. Pollen grains are one of the most effective tools to reconstruct past vegetation. Pollen grains of different species can be well preserved in sediments due to its outer wall exine, which is resistant to all kinds of acid and erosion conditions. Therefore, it is an important proxy and widely used in the determination of climate and vegetation changes.
Course Outcomes		M.Sc. students who take this course gain knowledge, skills and proficiency in the following subjects 1. History of palynology, 2. Pollen development, pollen morphology and structural features, 3. Methods in palynology, quaternary palynology, carbon cycle and vegetation, NNP 4. Neogene palynology, climate and vegetation interactions, 5. Use of palynology in petroleum research, 6. Stratigraphic palynology, paleoecology and paleoclimate, marine palynology .
Pre-requisite(s)		-
Required Facilities		-
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Textbook		- Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grímsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., Buchner, R., Svojtka, M., Frosch-Radivo, A., 2018. Illustrated Pollen Terminology. Springer.
Other References		- Moore, P.D., Collinson, M., Webb, J.A., 1994. Pollen Analysis. Wiley - Kapp, R.O., Davis, O.K., King, J.E., 2000. Pollen and Spores. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation - Stuchlik, L., Ziembinska-Tworzydlo, M., Kohlman-Adamska, A., Grabowska, I., Wazynska, H., Slodkowska, B., Sadowska, A., 2001. Atlas of Pollen and Spores of the Polish Neogene Series. Polish Academy of Sciences, W Szafer Institute of Botany - Reille, M., 1992. Pollen et spores d’Europe et d’Afrique du Nord. Laboratoire de botanique historique et de palynologie, 543 pp., Marseille, France.

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