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Rock Environment of the Czech Republic

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-3510/01
Abbreviation HP
Course title Rock Environment of the Czech Republic
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1) Importance of rock environment.
2) Evolution of rock environment.
3) Chemical and biochemical disturbance of the rock environment.
4) Contamination of the rock environment with trace elements.
5) Disturbance of the rock environment under/surface displacement of rocks and soils.
6) The impact of mineral mining on the rock environment.
7) The impact of uranium mining on the rock environment.
8) Natural radioactivity of the rock environment of Czech Republic and radon risk.
9) The impact of waste disposal on the rock environment.
10) The impact of mineral mining on water resources.
11) Relations between rock environment and atmosphere (atmospheric deposition) and biosphere.
12) Smoothing out the consequences of mining, reclamation, revitalization and remediation.
13) Securing and liquidation of old mines, professional and administrative protection of the rock environment.

Literature

USGS, Science for a changing world, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2020. Dostupné z: www.usgs.gov

Advised literature

LUTGENS, F. K., TARBUCK, E. J., TASA, D.: Essentials of Geology (10th Edition). Prentice Hall; 10 edition. 2007, 528 s. ISBN 978-0136003762