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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Historical Geology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0007/04
Abbreviation HG
Course title Historical Geology
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Current Refinements of Stratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Absolute Age Dating
Major Events in Earth History
Origin of the Earth
Early Development of the Continents
Plate Tectonics & Earth History
Origin & Evolution of Life
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic

Literature

Gradstein, F.M. et al.(2004): Geologic Time Scale 2004. - Cambridge University Press.
Nichols, G. (1999): Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 355 s. Oxford
Press, F., Siever, R. (1998): Understanding Earth - sekond edition. - W.H.Freeman and Copany, New York
Stanley SM. 2005. Earth Systém History. W.H.Freeman and Company, New York, 567 s.

Advised literature

Gradstein, F.M. et al.(2004): Geologic Time Scale 2004. - Cambridge University Press.
Nichols, G. (1999): Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 355 s. Oxford
Press, F., Siever, R. (1998): Understanding Earth - sekond edition. - W.H.Freeman and Copany, New York
Stanley SM. 2005. Earth Systém History. W.H.Freeman and Company, New York, 567 s.