Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Natural Disasters

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0065/01
Abbreviation	PK
Course title	Natural Disasters
Credits	2
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jan Jelínek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The Universe and the Earth System.
2. Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory.
3. The Rock Cycle.
4. Basic characteristics of the hydrosphere
5. Basic characteristics of the atmosphere
6. Weathering, Erosion, and Mass Wasting.
7. Extraordinary natural events and disasters.
8. Earthquake, volcanic eruption.
9. Landslides, floods.
10. Another desasters.
12. Global warming.

Literature

Press F., Siever R. (1998): Understanding Earth. W. H. Freeman and Company,
New York, 682 s.

Advised literature

Carl Sagan: Cosmos. Random House, Inc. New York, 1983
Stephen Hawking: The Illustrated a brief History of Time. Bantam Books, 1996
Stephen Hawking: The Universe in a Nutshell. Bantam Books, 2001
James Hughes: Desk Reference Encyclopedia. Kingfisher Publications, plc., 1995
James, F. Luhr: Earth. Dorling Kindersley Lim. London, 2003
Geheimnisse der Erde. Verlag Das Best GmbH, Stuttgart, Zurich, Wien, 2003

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