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Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

Geohazards

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0120/01
Abbreviation GHZ
Course title Geohazards
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Volcanic activity
2. Earthquakes
3. Zones of increasing stress in rock environment (in relation to mining activity or mass movements on faults)
4. Tectonic disturbing of rock environment (faults, folds, strike and dip of discontinuities).
5. Weathering
6. Erosion
7. Changes in hydrological conditions in the area
8. Avalanches
9. Storms, hurricanes and transport of physical particles
10. Floods
11. Changes in hydrogeological conditions (balancing of groundwater table, direction of groundwater flow)
12. Suffosion
13. Collapse of loesses
14. Volume changes in clays (swelling, shrinkage)
15. Boiling of sand
16. Karst phenomena
17. Landslides
18. Gas emanations
19. Tsunamis
20. Wildfires

Potentially induced hazards relating to anthropogenic activity in rock environment

1. Waste dumps of toxic materials and potential contamination
2. Mineral source exploitation and its impact on morphology (e.g. settlement), contamination
3. Tree felling and deforestation , soil erosion
4. Accidents – dam failure, infiltration of toxic liquids

Literature

USGS, Science for a changing world, U.S. Department of the Interior. From:
PRICE, D. G.: Engineering geology: principles and practice. Berlin: Springer, 2009. ISBN 978-3-540-29249-4.

Advised literature

RAHN, P., H.: Engineering Geology: An Environmental Approach, Prentice Hall PTR; 2nd edition. 1996, 657 pp.