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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Petrology

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0905/01
Abbreviation PG
Course title Petrology
Credits 0
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, the Earth crust and its chemical composition.
2. Processes of rock formation
3. Regularities of the origin of igneous rocks.
4. Classification principles on the basis of phase (mineral) composition and chemical composition of rocks
5. The role of magmatic rocks for basic and applied geological research.
6. Sedimentary rocks – origin.
7. Classification of siliciclastic sediments.
8. Classification of chemical sediments.
8. Classification of biochemical sediments.
9. The genesis of metamorphic rocks
10. Physical and chemical factors participating in metamorphic processes.
11. Classifications of metamorphic rocks.

Literature

BUCHER K. and R. GRAPES: Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks. 2011, Springer Verlag Berlin, 978-3-642-38799-9, 1-368
HALDAR S.K.: Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2014, Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-12-408133-8 , 1-338.
FROST B. R. and C.D. FROST: Essentials of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Cambridge University Press. 2014, ISBN 978-1-107-02754-1, 1-304.
Le MAITRE R. W. ed.: Igneous Rocks. A Classification and Glossary of Therm. Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommisions on the Systematic of Igneous Rocks. 2002, Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN-13 978-0-521-66215-4 , 1-236.

Advised literature

BARKER A.J.: A Key for Identification of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section. 2014, CRC Press, ISBN 978-11-38001145 , 1-182.
BOGGS S. jr.: Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks. 2009, Cambridge Univ. Press, ISBN-13 978-0-521-89716-7 , 1-600.
BUCHER K. and R. GRAPES: Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks. 2011, Springer Verlag Berlin, 978-3-642-38799-9, 1-368
SEN G.: Petrology. Principles and Practice. 2014, Springer Verlag Berlin, ISBN 978-3-642-38779-9 , 1-368.


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