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Physical Geodesy and Geophysics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 544-0095/06
Abbreviation FGG
Course title Physical Geodesy and Geophysics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Lubomil Pospíšil, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Gravitational potential theory. Spherical harmonic functions and Legendre functions.
2. Earth's gravitational field. Gravitational potential. Level surfaces of gravity potential.
3. Theory of heights. Stokes parameters and their determination.
4. Earth's normal gravitational field. Measurement of basic gravity field parameters.
5. Tidal phenomena, local and regional geodynamics. Earth's magnetic field - models.
6. Practical applications of physical geodesy methods.
7. Position of geophysics in geodetic disciplines and mining.
8. Earth's gravitational field. Weight measurements and their processing. Anomalous gravity field.
9. Earth's wave field. Seismology and seismic methods and their use.
10. Earth's magnetic field. Magnetic measurements in geodesy and mine surveying.
11. Earth's electric field. Geoelectrical methods (resistivity, SP, GPR, MT) and their use.
12. Radiometry and radionuclide methods. Radon risk.
13. Earth's thermal field. Thermal measurements and their use in geotechnics and mining.

Literature

POSPÍŠIL, Lubomil. Geofyzika: fyzikální geodézie a geofyzika: učební texty pro geology a geodety. Ostrava: VŠB – Technická univerzita Ostrava, Fakulta hornicko-geologická, 2020.
ŠPRLÁK, Michal. Fyzikální geodézie. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, Fakulta aplikovaných věd, 2026. 189 s. ISBN 978-80-261-1355-3 .
BURŠA, Milan. Geopotenciál. Díl I: Teoretické základy a modely. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky, 2004. 208 s. ISBN 80-7278-224-X .
REYNOLDS, John Mark. An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics. 2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 696 p. ISBN 978-0-471-48536-0.

Advised literature

BLÁHA, Pavel. Geofyzika pro podzemní stavitelství. Brno: GEOtest, 2024. ISBN 978-80-11-04705-4.
ZEMAN, Antonín. Fyzikální geodezie. 3. vyd. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2010. 188 s. ISBN 978-80-01-04599-2.
POSPÍŠIL, Lubomil a Antonín ŠUTORA. Praktická geofyzika: Gravimetrie. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2002.
HOFMANN-WELLENHOF, Bernhard a Helmut MORITZ. Physical Geodesy. 2nd, corrected ed. Wien: Springer, 2006. 403 p. ISBN 978-3-211-33544-4 .