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Petrography

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0015/09
Abbreviation PG
Course title Petrography
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, rock study methods, terrestrial body, rock cycle, main
genetic groups of rocks.
2. Magmatic processes – place and method of formation of magmas, composition and physical
properties, crystallization
3. Rock-forming minerals. Structures and textures of igneous rocks.
4. Principles of classification of igneous rocks – chemical and mineralogical
5. System of igneous rocks and their regional distribution in the Czech Republic.
6. Mineralogical composition, structural and textural features of sedimentary
rocks.
7. Formation processes of sedimentary rocks – weathering, transport,
sedimentary environment, diagenesis
8. Sedimentary rock classification system. Clastic sediments.
9. Cementation rocks – carbonates, silicites, ferrolites, alites.
10. Cementation rocks – manganolites, phosphates, evaporites, caustobiolites.
11. Principles of metamorphosis, types of metamorphosis, metamorphic reactions.
12. Structure of metamorphic rocks, composition and metamorphic minerals
rocks, formation and growth of metamorphic rocks
13. Zonography, metamorphic facies and metamorphic grades. Systematic review 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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