Tectonics

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0990/02
Abbreviation	T
Course title	Tectonics
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Earth structure.
Earth layering.
Crust and mantle - types, classification.
Petrology and reology of the Earth.
Plate tectonics.
Extensional tectonics.
Convergence and collision.
Fold-thrust belts.
Strike-slip tectonics.
Tectnic setting of sedimentary basins.

Literature

MOORES, E. M. and R. J. TWIST: Tectonics, 1995, W.H.Freeman and Comp. Science Massachusetts.
MOLNAR P.: Plate Tectonics: 2015, A Very Short Introduction , OUP Oxford.
NEMČOK M. et al.: Thrustbelt - Structure Architecture, Thermal Regimes and Petroleum Systems, 2005, Cambridge University Press.
TURCOTTE D.L. and G. SCHUBERT: Geodynamics, 2002, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-66624-4

Advised literature

BUSBY C.J. & R.V. INGERSOLL: Tectonics of sedimentary Basins, 1995, Blackwell Science, 1-579. ISBN-10: 0865422451
DAVIS G.F.: Dynamic Earth, 1999, Cambridge University Press.
FOSSEN H.: Structural Geology, 2010, Cambridge University Press.
PRICE, N. J., J. W.COSGROVE: Analysis of Geological Structures, 1991, Cambridge Univ. Press London. ISBN 0 521 26581 9

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