Faculty of Mining and Geology

Historical Geology

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Name of Lecturer(s)	Personal ID	Name
Course Unit Code	541-0007/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated	4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *	Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *	First Cycle
Year of Study *	First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is delivered	Summer Semester
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Language of Instruction	Czech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites	Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
	SKU41	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.
Summary
Fundamental rules and principles of historical geology. Absolute and relative age. Stratigraphic scales and their units. Stratotypes. Classification of sedimentation environments. Paleogeographic maps and palinspastic schemes. Genesis of the Earth and its early history. The Precambrian, its particularities, possibilities of division and developmental rules. Classical areas of the Precambrian and the Bohemian Massif. The Phanerozoic, developmental stages, major events, characteristics of classical areas and equivalent deposits in the territory of the Czech Republic.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
One of the major objectives of historical geology is to describe the history of the Earth from its inception to the present. Knowledge and explanation how to recognise geological time and the use of stratigraphy, and paleontology to tell the sequence of these events.
Course Contents
Current Refinements of Stratigraphy Biostratigraphy Absolute Age Dating Major Events in Earth History Origin of the Earth Early Development of the Continents Plate Tectonics & Earth History Origin & Evolution of Life Precambrian Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Gradstein, F.M. et al.(2004): Geologic Time Scale 2004. - Cambridge University Press. Nichols, G. (1999): Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 355 s. Oxford Press, F., Siever, R. (1998): Understanding Earth - sekond edition. - W.H.Freeman and Copany, New York Stanley SM. 2005. Earth Systém History. W.H.Freeman and Company, New York, 567 s.
Chlupáč I., a kol. (2002): geologická minulost České republiky. Academia Praha. Kumpera O., Vašíček Z. (1988): Základy historické geologie a paleontologie. - SNTL, Praha. Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V., Mikuláš R. (1996): Základy zoopaleontologie. - Skripta - Vydav. UP, Olomouc. Kalvoda J., Bábek O., Brzobohatý R. (1998): Historická geologie. - Vydav. UP, Olomouc.
Recommended Reading:
Gradstein, F.M. et al.(2004): Geologic Time Scale 2004. - Cambridge University Press. Nichols, G. (1999): Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 355 s. Oxford Press, F., Siever, R. (1998): Understanding Earth - sekond edition. - W.H.Freeman and Copany, New York Stanley SM. 2005. Earth Systém History. W.H.Freeman and Company, New York, 567 s.
Gradstein, F.M. et al.(2004): Geologic Time Scale 2004. - Cambridge University Press. Nichols, G. (1999): Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. – Blackwell Publishing, 355 s. Oxford Press, F., Siever, R. (1998): Understanding Earth - sekond edition. - W.H.Freeman and Copany, New York Stanley SM. 2005. Earth Systém History. W.H.Freeman and Company, New York, 567 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task Title	Task Type		Maximum Number of Points (Act. for Subtasks)	Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and Examination	Credit and Examination		100 (100)	51
Exercises evaluation	Credit		33	17
Examination	Examination		67	18