Underground of the Czech Republic

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-3512/01
Abbreviation	PDZ
Course title	Underground of the Czech Republic
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Jan Kubáč, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Typology of the underground
2. Basic characteristics of anthropogenic underground (mining works, military constructions, cellars and underground factories), tunnel transport constructions, collectors and natural underground (caves, pseudo-karst and others)
3. Speleological organizations (cave administration of the Czech Republic and the Czech Speleological Society)
4. Map of the underground of the Czech Republic
5. Selected underground localities of Prague and Central Bohemia
6. Selected underground localities of southern Bohemia and Šumava
7. Selected underground localities of western Bohemia
8. Selected underground localities of the Ore Mountains and the Ore Mountains
9. Selected underground localities of northern Bohemia
10. Selected underground localities of Eastern Bohemia
11. Selected underground localities of Vysočina
12. Selected underground localities of northern Moravia and Silesia
13. Selected underground localities of South Moravia

Literature

BARTÁK, J., HRDINA, I., ROMANCOV, G., ZLÁMAL, J.: Underground Space - The 4th Dimension of Metropolises, Three Volume Set +CD-ROM: Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2007 and 33rd ITA/AITES Annual General Assembly, Prague, May 2007. CRC Press 2007, 2064 s.
BARTÁK, J.: Underground construction in the Czech Republic. Praha: SATRA 2007, 318 s.
NEGRO, A., Marlísio, O., C., Jr.: Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Grounds (IS-São Paulo 2017), April 4-6, 2017, São Paulo, Brazil, 2017, 362 s.
ZAJÍČEK, P., HROMAS, J.: Show caves of the Czech Republic. Průhonice: Cave Administration of the Czech Republic 2013.

Advised literature

GOEL, R.K., SINGH, B., ZHAO, J.: Underground Infrastructures: Planning, Design, and Construction. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012, 335 s.
BREBBIA, C. A., KALIAMPAKOS, D.: Underground Spaces: Design, Engineering and Environmental Aspects. WIT Press, 2008, 199 s.
PÁNEK, T., HRADECKÝ, J.: Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic. Springer, 2016, 422 s.
Safe and reliable tunnels, innovative European achievments: proceedings of the first international symposium, 4 - 6 February 2004, Prague, Czech Republic. CUR 2004, 225 s.

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