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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Deposits of Kaustobiolites

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0211/03
Abbreviation LK
Course title Deposits of Kaustobiolites
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Sivek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Theory of the origin of kaustobiolite deposits.
2. Macropetrographical classification of coal
3. Micropetrographical classification of coal.
4. Physical and chemical properties of kaustobiolites.
5. Chemical-technological classification of brown and hard coal.
6. The geology of coal deposits and its basic terms (primary and secondary structures,special development).
7. Coal seams structures, intercalations (development, signifikance).
8. Identification and correlation of the coal sems.
9. Environment ,of the coal seams origin, cyclic sedimentation and facies analysis.
10. Geology of the oil and natural gas deposits, oil and gas traps types, regimens.
11. Underground gas storage,their function in state mineral policy.
12. Coal deposits of the Czech republic.
13. Oil and gas deposits of the Czech republic.
14. European and world kaustobiolite deposits.

According to the possibility: excursion to the workplace of coal micro-metrography and documentation of coal deposit boreholes.

Literature

Thomas, L.: Coal Geology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 385 s.
PEŠEK, J., SIVEK, M.: Coal-bearing basins and coal deposits of the Czech Republic.Prague, Czech Geological Survey, 2016, 208 s.

Advised literature

Walker, S.: Major coalfields of the world. London: IEA Coal Research, 2000. 131 s.