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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Geology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 224-0247/01
Abbreviation G
Course title Geology
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Pavel Pospíšil, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures: Geology, the discipline, the role of geology in construction and other practices of the country in terms of current knowledge (structure of the Earth, plate tectonics) Basic components of the earth's crust - rocks and minerals properties of rocks and soils Rocks in building practice Geological structure magmatism exogenous processes Countries types and landforms, their use in practice basics of hydrogeology regional geology of the Czech Republic Exercise: rock-forming minerals, igneous rocks Sedimentary rocks metamorphic rocks geological compass geological brand Lambert display geological structure Design geological sections and maps geological maps

Literature

1. Bauer J., Tvrz F. (1988): Minerály. – Artia Praha, 207 s. 2. Machek P., Raclavská H., Raclavský K. (1990): Cvičení z mineralogie a petrografie. Mineralogie systematická. – ES VŠB v Ostravě, 95 s. 3. Zamarský V., Kudělásková M., Slivka V. (1990): Mineralogie a petrografie. - ES VŠB v Ostravě, 313 s. 4. Foldyna J., Grmela A. (1988): Cvičení z geologie. - ES VŠB v Ostravě, 168 s. 5. Kumpera O. (1987): Všeobecná geologie - učební texty pro studenty hornických oborů. - ES VŠB Ostrava, 265 s. 6. Kumpera O., Foldyna J., Zorkovský V. (1988): Všeobecná geologie. - SNTL/Alfa, 521 s. 7. http://geologie.vsb.cz/geologie/default.htm 8. http://geologie.vsb.cz/PraktikaGeologie/default.htm 9. http://geologie.vsb.cz/jelinek/nauka.htm

Advised literature

1. Grotzinger, J., Jordan, T.H., Press, F. and Siever, R.: Understanding Earth. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2007. 2. Plummer, C. C., McGeary, D., Carlson, D. H.: Physical Geology. McGraw Hill, Boston, 2005. 3. Marschalko, M.: Engineering geology. VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Geological Engineering, 2005.