Paleogeography

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0968/04
Abbreviation	PG
Course title	Paleogeography
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The analysis of physical and geographical conditions of sedimentation of
fossil sequences of strata.
Facies and sedimenty environments.
Paleoclimatological aspects in paleogeograhy.
Paleomagnetism and applications of its data.
Movements of lithospheric plates, rotation.
Facies maps, maps of sedimentary environments, isopach maps. Paleobiogeographic and paleogeographic maps and atlases.
Palinspastic schemes.
The position of the Bohemian Massif in the past geological periods.
The position of the units of the Outer Carpathians in the past geological periods.

Literature

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, .
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

Advised literature

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.

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