Geohazards

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0120/03
Abbreviation	GHZ
Course title	Geohazards
Credits	2
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Weathering and Erosion
2. Changes in hydrological conditions in the area
3. Avalanches
4. Floods
5. Changes in hydrogeological conditions (balancing of groundwater table, direction of groundwater flow)
6. Suffosion
7. Collapse of loesses and volume changes in clays (swelling, shrinkage)
8. Boiling of sand
9. Karst phenomena
10. Influence of water on landslides
11. Tsunamis
12. Tree felling and deforestation, soil erosion
13. 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.

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