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Paleogeography

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The course introduces the analysis of physical-geographical conditions of sedimentation of fossil strata. Explains the concept of facies and sedimentary environment. It introduces paleogeographic maps and atlases in relation to the development of the Czech Republic.

Povinná literatura

GOLONKA J.: Cambrian-Neogene Plate Tectonic Maps. 2000, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, Krakow.ISBN : 0891813659
MCCANN T.: The geology of Central Europe. London: Geological Society, 2008, xiii, 748 s, xxxviii. ISBN 978-1-86239-246-5.
UPCHURCH P., A. MCGOWAN, C. SLATER: Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography. Biodiversity in Space and Time, 2011, 223s., CRC Press, ISBN 1420045512 .
ZIEGLER, P.A.: Evolution of the Arctic - North Atlantic and the western Tethys. - 1988, Am. Ass. Petrol. Geolog., Mem. 43, Tulsa.
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/97020/memoir43.htm

Doporučená literatura

PEŠEK, J. et al.: Paleogeographic Atlas (Late Paleozoic and Triassic Formation, Czech Republic). - 1998, ČGÚ Praha.
RAKÚS, M. et al.: Evolution of the Northern Margin of Tethys, Vol. I - III. - 1988 - 1990, Mém. Soc. Géol. France, N.S. 154, Paris.
SCOTES Ch. R. Paleomap Project. online http://scotese.com/
WINDLEY, B. F. : The Evolving Continents. - 1995, John Wiley and Sons, New York.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, angličtina
Code 541-0968
Abbreviation PG
Course title Paleogeography
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.