Regional Geology

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0037/08
Abbreviation	RG
Course title	Regional Geology
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Position of Bohemian massif in framework of Variscan Europe.
2. Moldanubian.
3. Saxothuringian area.
4. Kutna Hora – Svratka region.
5. Bohemicum.
6. Palaeozoic of the Barrandian.
7. Lugicum.
8. Moravosilesian area.
9. Brunovistulian.
10. Permocarboniferous basins.
11. Upper Cretaceous basin.
12. Terciary development of the Bohemian massif.
13. Quarternary of the Bohemian massif, mutual relations of the Bohemian massif and West Carpathians. Outher Carpathians Belt.

Literature

CHÁB et al.: Outline of the Geology of the Bohemian Massif: the Basement Rocks and their Carboniferous and Permian Cover., ČGS Praha, 2010.
Regional literature depends on territory foreign students are comming from.
COMMISSION, R.: Regional gelogical subdivision of the Bohemian Massif on the territory of the Czech Republic. J. Czech Geol. Soc., 1994. 39(1): 127-144.
DALLMEYER R.D., FRANKE W., WEBER K. (eds): Pre-Permian geology of central and eastern Europe. Springer. Berlin, 1995.

Advised literature

http://www.europe-geology.eu/
https://www.usgs.gov/products/maps/geologic-maps
GOLONKA, J. – PICHA, F., ed.: The Carpathians and Their Foreland: Geology and Hydrocarbon Resources – AAPG Memoir 84. – Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists 49–175. 2006.
Ziegler, P.A.:. Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe. Shell International Petroleum, Maatschappij B.V., 232 pp., 1990.

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