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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Petrography

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0015/02
Abbreviation PG
Course title Petrography
Credits 8
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, the Earth crust and its chemical composition.
2. Processes of rock formation
3. Regularities of the origin of igneous rocks.
4. Classification principles on the basis of phase (mineral) composition and chemical composition of rocks
5. The role of magmatic rocks for basic and applied geological research.
6. Sedimentary rocks – origin.
7. Classification of siliciclastic sediments.
8. Classification of chemical sediments.
8. Classification of biochemical sediments.
9. The genesis of metamorphic rocks
10. Physical and chemical factors participating in metamorphic processes.
11. Classifications of metamorphic rocks.

Literature

SEN, Gautam. Petrology: principles and practice. Berlin: Springer, [2014]. ISBN 978-3-642-38799-9 .
RAYMOND, Loren A. Petrology: the study of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1995. ISBN 0-697-00190-3.
PHILPOTTS, Anthony R. a Jay J. AGUE. Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-88006-0.
BOGGS, Sam. Petrology of sedimentary rocks. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-89716-7 .

Advised literature

RAYMOND, Loren A. Petrology: the study of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. 2nd ed. Long Grove: Waveland Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57766-520-5.
FROST, Bryce Ronald a Carol Denison FROST. Essentials of igneous and metamorphic petrology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-02754-1.
FETTES, D. J. a Jacqueline DESMONS. Metamorphic rocks: a classification and glossary of terms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-86810-5.
BUCHER, Kurt Emil a R. H. GRAPES. Petrogenesis of metamorphic rocks. 8th edition. Berlin: Springer, [2011]. ISBN 978-3-540-74168-8 .


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