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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Deposits of Kaustobiolites

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0931/02
Abbreviation LK
Course title Deposits of Kaustobiolites
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Sivek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

A theory of the origin of kaustobiolite deposits. Coal formation, oil
formation and parameters of coalification and bituminisation.
Micropetrographical and macropetrographical coal classification. Analytical
and chemical-technological classification of the kaustobiolites.
Geology of the coal deposits and its basic terms (primary
and secondary structures, cyclic sedimentation, changes in coal matter,
anomalous events in coal basins) and the influence upon the management of
exploration, development and exploitation of the coal deposits.
Classification of the coal basins and the environments of their origin,
identification and correlation of the coal seams and its importance. Geology
of the natural hydrocarbons deposits and its basic terms (elements and the mode of deposit traps, types of deposit traps, underground storages). The geology
of the fossil fuels of the Czech Republic. Geology of the world deposits of the fossil fuels. Fossil fuels reserves and prognoses of their development.

Literature

THOMAS, L.: Coal Geology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 1-385.
WALKER, S.: Major Coalfields of the World. London: IEA Coal Research, 2000. 1-131.
SUAREZ-RUIZ I., C.J. CRELLING: Applied Coal Petrology: The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization. Elsevier Science and Technology, 2008. 1-408, ISBN10: 0080450512 

Advised literature

International Energy Agency: Energy Statistics Homepage. Available at www: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/index.asp (29.10.2008).